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The research reported in this article is an evaluation of an abstinence-based intervention program, Project Taking Charge, a combined sex and vocational education program for seventh grade students in high pregnancy-risk areas. A pretest/posttest control group research design was used. Predicted changes in adolescent self-esteem, educational aspirations, and sexual attitudes and behavioral intentions were not found. Neither were predicted changes found on several measures of parent-adolescent communication about sexual and vocational issues. However, both adolescents and parents realized significant knowledge gains in the areas of human sexuality, sexual development, and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
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Stephen R. Jorgensen (1991) studied this question.
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