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Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy with Social and Cognitive Skills

University of California, Berkeley

Joyce V. Fetro

San Francisco Unified Schools

Nancy Leland

University of Minnesota

Kevin Volkan

University of California, Santa Cruz

A 15-session sex education program was delivered by teachers to 586 10th graders using techniques based on social learning theory, including modeling, in-class and out-of-class practice of skills for abstaining from sexual intercourse, and for contraception. Knowledge about reproduction and birth control, intentions to use skills to avoid pregnancy, and communication with parents about pregnancy prevention were signifcantly greater at posttest and 6-month follow-up for the trained group than for the control group. Members of the trained group tended to use birth control more often, especially those who started to have sexual intercourse subsequent to the program. No differences in the frequency of sexual intercourse, pregnancy scares, or pregnancies were found Satisfaction with the program was high Although skill training by itself may not be sufficient to significantly prevent pregnancies, this program offers promise of being a useful component of combined school, home, and community activities to prevent pregnancy.

Journal of Adolescent Research, Vol. 7, No. 2, 208-232 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/074355489272006


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