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Predicting Adolescent sexual Activity using Individual, Familial, and Extra-Familial Variables: Author: Keller, Julie Ann Atkinson; Date: 2005-08-15; Program: Health and Human Development; Abstract: This study examined selected individual, familial, and extra-familial variables that predict adolescent sexual activity. This secondary data analysis used data gathered from a self-report survey, from 397 adolescents age 11 to 18 in three non-urban communities in the Pacific Northwestern United States. The study employed multiple hierarchical regression analyses to examine the strength of selected variables in predicting sexual activity. The final model accounted for 58% of the variance of sexual activity among youth. The best predictors of adolescent sexual activity were peer sexual activity,...; Download File | View full details

Ethical Decision Making about sexual Harassment Complaints that Stem from Dissolved Workplace Romances: A Policy-Capturing Approach: Author: Jessen, Paul Lee; Date: 2005-05-15; Program: Applied Psychology; Abstract: An experiment was conducted to examine the degree to which Jones' (1991) ethical decision-making model is an appropriate theoretical perspective from which to interpret raters' varying responses to a sexual harassment claim that stems from a dissolved workplace romance. The policy capturing methodology was used with 40 study participants to assess the significance of features of a dissolved workplace romance and sexual harassment situation in predicting participants' responses to a sexual harassment claim. Results revealed that Jones' (1991) ethical decision-making model is appropriate for...; Download File | View full details