NDLI: College Women and Personal Goals: Cognitive Dimensions that Differentiate Risk-Reduction Sexual Decisions

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Moore, Nelwyn B. Davidson, J. Kenneth
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	As the twenty-first century begins, a high level of participation in premarital sexual intercourse by college women is well-documented. But, in the research exploring risk-reduction sexual behaviors, the relationship of cognitive abilities to responsible sexual behavior has been under-researched. Anonymous questionnaires were administered to 626 never-married, heterosexual women at a midwestern university to examine personal goal-setting, a cognitive variable postulated to be related to risk-reduction sexual behavior. Women who frequently set goals were more religious, optimistic about life, conservative in sexual attitudes, comfortable with their sexuality, and more psychologically sexually satisfied. Those who less often set goals were more likely to drink alcohol prior to sexual intercourse, become more intoxicated, and less likely to ask if new sex partners had STI(s). The cognitive variable, goal-setting, did differentiate college women who made responsible sexual decisions from those who engaged in risk-taking sexual behaviors.
Starting Page	574
Ending Page	586
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00472891
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume Number	35
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15736601
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Publisher Date	2006-05-23
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Child & School Psychology Law and Psychology History of Psychology Health Psychology Clinical Psychology Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Psychology

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