Evaluating a prevention program for teenagers on sexual coercion: a differential effectiveness approach
C Pacifici1, M Stoolmiller, C Nelson
1Research Department, Northwest Media, Inc, Eugene, Oregon 97401, USA. research@northwestmedia.com
Abstract:
The authors evaluated a coeducational program for teenagers on preventing sexual coercion in dating situations. Students examined individual and social attitudes underlying coercive sexual behavior and learned communication skills aimed at preventing or dealing with unwanted sexual advances. Instruction was enhanced by video and an interactive video "virtual date." Outcomes were assessed using sexual attitude scales with a sample of 458 high school students. Student health education classes were randomly assigned to either a treatment or a control condition. Findings, based on a latent variable model of differential effectiveness, showed that students in the treatment group with initial coercive attitude scores at or above the mean benefited significantly more than students with the same range of scores in the control group.
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