LOCUS-OF-CONTROL, KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES AMONG BLACK ADOLESCENT FEMALES (BLACK FEMALES).
Contributors: Texas Southern University.
Published: 1989
Number of pages: 127
Subjects: Education, Guidance and Counseling.; Education, Health.; Health Sciences, Nursing.; Women's Studies.; Black Studies.
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine if there were significant differences between locus of control and knowledge and use of contraceptives among Black adolescent females. The variables of age and grade level were examined to determine if there were significant differences between adolescents locus of control and their knowledge and use of contraceptives.

The population for this study was comprised of 224 black and 75 non-black adolescent females ages 13 to 20 years. Since the focus of this study was on Black adolescent females, available sampling was employed.

The instruments utilized for this survey was the Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Scale for Children, the Mathtech Questionnaire: Knowledge Test, and the Bernard Contraceptive Use Inventory. The One-Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyze the data and the.05 level of significance or better was established as the criterion for support or non-support of the null hypotheses.

The results of this study reveal that there were significant differences between the mean knowledge about the use of contraceptives for subjects by locus of control. The study further supports that as adolescents mature, they become more internally controlled. Also as adolescents become older their knowledge about the use of contraceptives does not significantly increase.

Recommendations generated from this study suggest counselor, educator, and health care provider network to implement pregnancy prevention programs for adolescents. When designing these programs, emphasis should focus on helping the individual to be responsible for their own decisions.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-01, Section: A, page: 0079.

Thesis (ED.D.)--TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, 1989.

School code: 0441.