Herrman Judith W, Waterhouse Julie K, Chiquoine Julie
School of Nursing, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2011 May-Jun;40(3):322-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2011.01248.x.
To evaluate the effectiveness of simulation as a strategy to influence teens' perceptions of pregnancy and parenting.
This pilot study was a preexperimental, one group pre/posttest design.
The school-based wellness center of a high school was the setting for the weekly sessions and the pre/posttest administration.
Sample members participated in 6 weekly Baby Think it Over (BTIO) classes and an infant simulator experience. The final sample included 79 teens age 14 to 18 years who attended one of eight BTIO sessions.
We used the Thoughts on Teen Parenting Survey (TTPS) to assess the perceptions of teens with regard to the costs and rewards associated with teen parenting. The TTPS yields a composite score of the teen attitudes toward the teen parenting experience and eight subscale scores that assess different areas of teen life.
No significant differences were found in the mean pre/posttest scores or in correlations of the demographic data and mean scores. Two significant differences in pre/posttest subscale scores were in the areas of friends and personal characteristics.
The results of this study suggest that the effectiveness of using infant simulators to influence the perceptions of teens about the reality of teen parenting is minimal.
评估模拟作为一种影响青少年对怀孕和为人父母认知的策略的有效性。
这项试点研究采用了实验前的单组前后测设计。
一所高中的校内健康中心是每周课程及前后测管理的场所。
样本成员参加了为期6周的“宝宝想一想”（BTIO）课程和一次婴儿模拟器体验。最终样本包括79名年龄在14至18岁之间、参加了8次BTIO课程中的一次的青少年。
我们使用青少年为人父母观念调查（TTPS）来评估青少年对与青少年为人父母相关的成本和回报的认知。TTPS得出一个青少年对青少年为人父母经历态度的综合得分以及八个子量表得分，这些得分评估青少年生活的不同方面。
前后测平均得分或人口统计学数据与平均得分的相关性方面未发现显著差异。前后测子量表得分在朋友和个人特征方面存在两个显著差异。
本研究结果表明，使用婴儿模拟器来影响青少年对青少年为人父母现实的认知的有效性微乎其微。
