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Abstract
The role of formal operational thinking in adolescent decision-making about pregnancy and contraception is explored through an integration of the cognitive-developmental and pregnancy-contraception literatures. The ways in which cognitive-developmental change mechanisms initiate or hinder formal thinking on pregnancy-contraception are considered, and implications for counseling pregnant adolescents are discussed.Keywords: Adolescent Pregnancy; Adolescents; Age Factors; Behavior; Clinic Activities; Contraception; Contraceptive Usage; Counseling; Decision Making; Demographic Factors; Family Planning; Fertility; Organization And Administration; Perception; Personality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Premarital Sex Behavior; Program Activities; Programs; Psychological Factors; Psychosocial Factors; Reproductive Behavior; Sex Behavior; Sexuality; Youth
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Year: 1990 PMID： 2200271 DOI： 10.1037/h0079156
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Orthopsychiatry ISSN： 0002-9432