Perceived competence and contraceptive use during adolescence.
Contraception
; 81(3): 249-53, 2010 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Little is known about psychosocial correlates of different contraceptive methods in adolescence. STUDYDESIGN:
Cross-sectional analyses of 209 postmenarcheal girls [mean age (years)+/-SD=15.68+/-1.74], primarily Caucasian (62.8%) or African American (32.8%). Competence (activities and social) and rule-breaking behavior were assessed by the Youth Self Report (YSR; adolescent) and the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; parent). Three contraceptive-use groups were created no hormonal contraceptive (n=142), combined oral contraceptives or the transdermal patch (COCs/patch, n=41), and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA, n=20).RESULTS:
There was a significant effect of contraceptive-use group on competence (p=.003). The DMPA group had lower competence (CBCL activities and social; YSR social) than the no-hormonal-contraceptive and COCs/patch groups. The COCs/patch group scored lower than the no-hormonal-contraceptive group on YSR activities competence, but was not different from the DMPA group. Lastly, there was an effect of contraceptive-use group on CBCL (but not YSR) rule-breaking behavior (p=.029) with the DMPA group having higher rule-breaking behavior than the other groups.CONCLUSIONS:
Type of contraceptive method was associated with parent and adolescent's perceived competence. For rule-breaking behavior, parental perception may be more relevant to contraceptive use.
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Assunto principal:
Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde
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Comportamento do Adolescente
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Comportamento Contraceptivo
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Anticoncepcionais Femininos
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article