The Role of Implicit Measurement in the Assessment of Risky Behavior: A Pilot Study with African American Girls

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• Alternative Title:
  J Child Fam Stud
• Personal Author:
  Kincaid, Carlye Y. ; Jones, Deborah J. ; Gonzalez, Michelle ; Payne, B. Keith ; DeVellis, Robert
• Description:
  With the aim of developing a novel strategy for identifying vulnerability for early sexual activity and adjustment problems, African American girls (| = 39) completed partially structured scenarios in which female characters of similar age faced circumstances characterized by varying levels of risk. Most girls indicated that they believed the characters would have sex, regardless of their own sexual history or the level of risk in the scenario. However, the | of girls' sexual history | girls' predictions of characters' behavior in the scenario provided more information regarding the girls at greatest risk for adjustment problems. Implicit techniques offer an additional strategy for identifying girls most vulnerable to adjustment difficulties in the context of early sexual activity.
• Keywords:
  Adolescent Early Sexual Behavior Implicit Measurement Partially Structured Scenarios Pilot
• Source:
  J Child Fam Stud. 2011; 21(5):799-806
• Pubmed ID:
  24013842
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3765031
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K01 PS000795/PS/NCHHSTP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; L60 MD000605/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P30 AI050410/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:428c9e6705198dcd36aaa9425f7ebd6115ea6a96c50291080b6115521e12f83c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/41910/cdc_41910_DS1.pdf
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