Sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of women during a first pregnancy from a developmental perspective
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This exploratory study of thirty-two women between the ages of seventeen and forty provides a description of
sexuality during a first pregnancy using the conceptual
framework of adult development based on Levinson's theory.
The two purposes of this study were to study the relationship
between knowledge, attitudes, and sexual behavior of
women pregnant for the first time (these women being at
various chronological ages which corresponded to Levinson's
four phases of early adulthood), and to assess in more
detail the specific developmental life issues of these
pregnant women as they interfaced with their perceived
sexuality during the time of this first pregnancy.
Data collection consisted of the administration of
the Sex Knowledge and Attitude Test to the thirty-two
volunteer participants who were in the last month of their
first pregnancy. After completion of this questionnaire,
in-depth interviews were conducted with eight of those
volunteers. [TRUNCATED]
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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University
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