Locus of control, knowledge, attitude and practice for contraception among adolescents - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 03-30-2020;73(2):e20170604
to assess the relation of the locus of control with the adolescents’ knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP).
this is a cross-sectional study with 1,192 high school students. Data were collected using the KAP questionnaire and the Levenson locus of control scale and analyzed by descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H test.
Women presented higher Externality Powerful Others locus of control than man (p=0.0015) and adolescents over 17, higher Externality Chance locus of control (p=<0.0001). Students who used contraceptive methods at the first contraceptive method had higher Externality Powerful Others (p=0.0107) and those who used coitus interruptus, had higher Externality Chance (p=0.0013). Internality was inversely proportional to the practice in relation to the dimensions of the locus of control.
The dimensions of the locus of control were related to some contraceptive practices, but little or no relation to knowledge and attitude.
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to assess the relation of the locus of control with the adolescents’ knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP).
this is a cross-sectional study with 1,192 high school students. Data were collected using the KAP questionnaire and the Levenson locus of control scale and analyzed by descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney U test and Kruskal-Wallis H test.
Women presented higher Externality Powerful Others locus of control than man (p=0.0015) and adolescents over 17, higher Externality Chance locus of control (p=<0.0001). Students who used contraceptive methods at the first contraceptive method had higher Externality Powerful Others (p=0.0107) and those who used coitus interruptus, had higher Externality Chance (p=0.0013). Internality was inversely proportional to the practice in relation to the dimensions of the locus of control.
The dimensions of the locus of control were related to some contraceptive practices, but little or no relation to knowledge and attitude.
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