Goodson P, Evans A, Edmundson E
Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
J Adolesc Health. 1997 Sep;21(3):147-56. doi: 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00004-9.
To review a decade of research on the correlates of early onset of sexual intercourse among female adolescents in the United States, using Social Cognitive Theory as a framework for classification.
Forty-nine studies published in peer-reviewed journals between 1984 and 1994 were reviewed and their findings coded by two independent coders.
Findings indicate that most of the studies emphasized quantitative methodologies, using cross-sectional designs and univariate statistical analyses. Many studies lacked a theoretical framework or conceptual model to guide their investigations. When evaluating empirical findings, 61% of the studies found environmental correlates and 47% found biological factors (e.g., age and pubertal development) to be significantly associated with early initiation of sexual intercourse.
These findings raise important questions about the quality of research on adolescent sexuality, as well as its relationship to the development of risk-reduction programs which tend to focus mainly on intrapersonal factors (such as attitudes, knowledge, and expectancies.
以社会认知理论作为分类框架，回顾美国女性青少年过早开始性行为相关因素的十年研究。
对1984年至1994年间发表在同行评审期刊上的49项研究进行回顾，并由两名独立编码员对其研究结果进行编码。
研究结果表明，大多数研究强调定量方法，采用横断面设计和单变量统计分析。许多研究缺乏理论框架或概念模型来指导其调查。在评估实证研究结果时，61%的研究发现环境相关因素，47%的研究发现生物因素（如年龄和青春期发育）与过早开始性行为显著相关。
这些发现引发了关于青少年性行为研究质量的重要问题，以及它与主要关注个人内部因素（如态度、知识和期望）的风险降低项目发展之间的关系。
