Trata-se de estudo da linha de pesquisa Fundamentos e Práticas de Enfermagem em Saúde da Mulher, Criança, Adolescente e Família, vinculado ao Grupo de Estudos do Cuidado à Saúde nas Etapas da Vida (CEVIDA) do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). O objetivo foi conhecer as percepções do ser adolescente com câncer sobre a corporeidade na perspectiva da sexualidade. Visando mostrar a união de dois conceitos, amplamente desmistificados em prol de uma finalidade, que é conhecer a visão dos adolescentes sobre seu corpo e a sua sexualidade. A metodologia norteadora da pesquisa foi pautada em um estudo qualitativo, com abordagem fenomenológica, a qual permitiu abranger a realidade visível e compreender os fenômenos e processos que estão atualizados no cotidiano do adolescente com câncer. A pesquisa teve como loco o Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, na Unidade de Internação Oncológica Pediátrica. Contando com a participação de seis adolescentes, com idade de 14 a 18 anos, a coleta das informações ocorreu por meio do Método Criativo Sensível, a partir das dinâmicas: Espelho Mental, Texto Coletivo, Adolescer e Chuva de Palavras, no período de julho de 2012. Optou-se pela utilização da hermenêutica, como método de interpretação das informações, estabelecendo quatro categorias: Imagem corporal e modo de ser-no-mundo; Sexualidade: limites e possibilidades; Da negação ao aceite; e Lições de Vida: a corporeidade existente. Frente a isso, esse estudo revelou a facticidade da doença, e o seu existir para além da doença, a partir do olhar compreensivo, demonstrando a riqueza do mundo vivido pelos adolescentes, propiciando reflexões profundas, a atenção e a ação que exercem sobre si mesmos para preservar e cultivar a vida de maneira responsável, autônoma e livre, tornandoos protagonistas de seu cuidado permanente, como seres no mundo. Bem como, a sexualidade pode ser observada em diferentes situações e expressões, o que comprova que os adolescentes com câncer mantêm dentro de si a essência de serem adolescentes no mundo. Sob o olhar da enfermagem, este estudo veio ao encontro de qualificar o cuidado, estabelecendo um vinculo, conhecendo e redescobrindo o processo do adolescer no cuidado à saúde do adolescente com câncer. / This study contemplates the search line Fundamentals and Practices of Nursing in Women's Health, Child and Adolescent, the Study Group on Health Care Life Stages (CEVIDA) Program Graduate in Nursing, School of Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Its main goal was to understand the perceptions of being a teenager with cancer on the corporeality in view of sexuality. Aiming to show the union of two concepts, largely demystified towards a purpose, which is to know the perceptions of adolescents about their bodies and their sexuality. The guiding methodology to the research was based on a qualitative study with a phenomenological approach, which allowed to cover the visible reality and understand the phenomena and processes that are updated daily in adolescents with cancer. This one, investigated the corporeity of being an adolescent with cancer in the perspective of sexuality. The research had as focus the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, in the Inrternment Unit of Pediatric Oncology. Counting to the participation of six teenagers, aged 14 to 18 years, the collection of information occurred through the creative Sensitive Method, starting with the following dynamics: Mental Mirror, Collective Text, Get an adolescent and Rain of Words, from July 2012. It was chosen for the use of hermeneutics as a method of interpretation of information, establishing four categories: Body image and way of being in the world; Sexuality; Limits and possibilities; From denial to acceptance; and Lessons of Life: the existing corporeity. Because of that, this study revealed the facticity of the disease, and its existence beyond the disease, from the comprehensive look, demonstrating the wealth of the world experienced by adolescents, providing deep reflection to the attention and the action exerted on themselves to preserve and cultivate life with responsibility, autonomous and free, making them protagonists of their permanent care, as human beings in the world. As well, sexuality can be observed in different situations and expressions, which proves that teens with cancer maintain within themselves the essence of being teenagers in the world. Under the look of nursing, this study came to qualify the care, establishing a link, knowing and rediscovering the process of adolescence in health care for adolescents with cancer. / Este estudio contempla la línea de investigación Fundamentos y Prácticas de Enfermería en Salud de la Mujer, Niño y Adolescente, perteneciendo al Grupo de Estudio sobre Salud Etapas de Cuidado de Vida (CEVIDA) Programa de Postgrado en Enfermería, Escuela de Enfermería de la Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Su principal objetivo fue conocer las percepciones del ser adolescente con cáncer sobre la corporeidad en la perspectiva de la sexualidad. Visando mostrar la unión de dos conceptos, ampliamente desmitificados en prol de una finalidad, que es conocer la visión de los adolescentes sobre su cuerpo y su sexualidad. La metodología norteadora de la investigación fue pautada en un estudio cualitativo, con abordaje fenomenológico, la cual permitió comprender la realidad visible y comprender los fenómenos y procesos que están actualizados en el cotidiano del adolescente con cáncer. La investigación tuvo como loco el Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, en la Unidad de Internación Oncológica Pediátrica. Contando con la participación de seis adolescentes, entre 14 y 18 años, la colecta de las informaciones ocurrió por medio del Método Creativo Sensible, a partir de las dinámicas: Espejo Mental, Texto Colectivo, Adolecer y Lluvia de Palabras, en el periodo de julio de 2012. Se optó por la utilización de la hermenéutica, como método de interpretación de las informaciones, estableciendo cuatro categorías: Imagen corporal y modo de ser en el mundo; Sexualidad: límites y posibilidades; De la negación al endoso; y Lecciones de Vida: la corporeidad existente. Frente a eso, ese estudio reveló la facticidade de la enfermedad, y su existir para además de la enfermedad, a partir de la mirada comprensiva, demostrando la riqueza del mundo vivido por los adolescentes, propiciando reflexiones profundas, la atención y la acción que ejercen sobre sí mismos para preservar y cultivar la vida de manera responsable, autónoma y libre, haciéndolos protagonistas de su cuidado permanente, como seres en el mundo. Además, la sexualidad se puede observar en las diferentes situaciones y expresiones, lo que demuestra que los adolescentes con cáncer mantener dentro de sí mismos la esencia de ser adolescentes en el mundo. Bajo la mirada de la enfermería, este estudio vino al encuentro de calificar el cuidado, estableciendo uno vinculo, conociendo y redescubriendo el proceso del adolecer en el cuidado a la salud del adolescente con cáncer.

The topic of my diploma thesis deals with 9th grade students´ experience with use of alcohol and smoking. The theoretical part is focused on problematics of young people smoking and consuming alcohol. The thesis contains chapters that not only deal with features mentioned above but also those that are common for all age groups. The practical part is aimed at schools in Pelhřimov. The research of this problematics covered all four basic schools in Pelhřimov and their pupils who were willing to participate. In contrast, this research was fulfilled at a school in České Budějovice. The point of this research was to find out how many pupils of certain age has their own experience with smoking and alcohol use.

abstract: Mexican-origin adolescent females have the highest birthrate of all other ethnic groups in the U.S. Further, teen mothers are at significant risk for poor outcomes, including low educational attainment. Therefore, examining predictors of Mexican-origin teen mothers' educational attainment was the main goal of the current study. Future-oriented beliefs such as educational aspirations and expectations are suggested to have positive implications for adolescents' educational attainment in general. Therefore, guided by bioecological, social capital, status attainment, social learning, and collective socialization of neighborhood theories, the current study examined neighborhood, maternal, and cultural predictors of 190 Mexican-origin parenting adolescents' educational aspirations, expectations, and attainment. With respect to maternal predictors, the study examined mother figures' (i.e., grandmothers') educational attainment, and aspirations and expectations for the adolescent as predictors of adolescents' educational attainment. Using a multi-informant, longitudinal analytic model, results suggest that adolescents' educational expectations, rather than aspirations, significantly predicted adolescents' attainment one year later. Additionally, grandmothers' educational attainment was indirectly associated with adolescents' educational attainment via the educational expectations of both the grandmother and the adolescent. Further, the neighborhood context indirectly informed adolescents' educational attainment via both grandmothers and adolescents' educational expectations. Finally, adolescents' ethnic identity affirmation was significantly associated with adolescents' educational attainment two years later. Implications regarding the importance of educational expectations and ethnic identity affirmation for at-risk parenting adolescents' educational attainment will be discussed. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Family Resources and Human Development 2014

Crianças e adolescentes com HIV/AIDS necessitam de uma abordagem compreensiva e singular, pois particularidades como a revelação do diagnóstico, o estigma gerado pela doença, as consultas médicas frequentes, o uso diário de medicações e os seus efeitos colaterais são aspectos que necessitam ser avaliados, quando se trata da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde-QVRS. A inclusão da avaliação da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde dessa população, com instrumentos viáveis e padronizados, pode identificar parâmetros para um cuidado integral e de acordo com as necessidades individuais. A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo validar o instrumento do módulo específico do DISABKIDS® de mensuração da Qualidade de Vida Relacionada à Saúde de Crianças e Adolescentes brasileiros com HIV, denominado \"Viver com HIV\". Trata-se de um estudo metodológico, do tipo validação de instrumento para o qual utilizamos a adaptação metodológica descrita pelo projeto europeu DISABKIDS®. Participaram da validação de face e conteúdo 15 especialistas com formação diversificada na área da saúde, os quais foram convidados a analisar a importância dos itens selecionados e a adequação para a faixa etária e população, classificando-os de acordo com a relevância, clareza e aplicabilidade de seu conteúdo para a população em estudo. Na validação semântica, participaram 16 crianças e adolescentes e seus respectivos pais ou cuidadores que seguiam em tratamento em uma Unidade Especializada em Tratamento de Doenças Infecciosas de um hospital universitário do Estado de São Paulo. Esta etapa consistiu em analisar, em cada item do instrumento, os termos empregados, por meio de entrevistas com a população para a qual o instrumento se destinou. O instrumento foi validado e aceito tanto na validação de face e conteúdo quanto na semântica. A avaliação da qualidade de vida de crianças e adolescentes com HIV é primordial para melhor condução do tratamento, para isto, faz-se necessária à utilização de um instrumento adequado para a faixa etária e específico para a condição HIV. A avaliação da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde é primordial para o manejo de crianças e adolescentes com HIV, e o instrumento \"Viver com HIV\" poderá se constituir em uma ferramenta válida e confiável para mensuração da qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde de crianças e adolescentes que vivem com HIV, podendo melhorar a qualidade da assistência em saúde e o acompanhamento dessa população / Children and adolescents with HIV/AIDS require a comprehensive and unique approach because characteristics such as disclosure, stigma generated by the disease, frequent doctor visits, daily use of medications and their side effects are aspects that need to be assessed when it comes to health related to quality of life - HRQOL. The inclusion of assessment of quality of life related to health of this population, with viable and standardized instruments, can identify parameters for a comprehensive care and according to the individual needs. This study aimed to validate the specific module of the instrument DISABKIDS® for measuring the Quality of Life Related to Health of Brazilian Children and Adolescents with HIV, called \" Living with HIV \" .This is a methodological study, the type of instrument validation, for which we use the methodological adaptation described by the European project DISABKIDS®. Participated in the face validation and content 15 experts with diverse background in health care, which were invited to examine the importance of the selected items and the adjustment for age and population, classifying them according to relevance, clarity and applicability of its contents to the study population. In the semantic validation, participated 16 children and adolescents and their parents or caregivers who were in treatment in a specialized unit for treatment of infectious diseases at a university hospital in the state of São Paulo. This step consisted of analyzing each item of the instrument and the terms used, through interviews with the population for which the instrument was intended. The instrument was validated and accepted both in face and validation of content and semantics. The evaluation of the quality of life of children and adolescents with HIV is essential to driving the best treatment. For this, it is necessary to use an appropriate tool for the age range and specific to the HIV condition. The assessment of quality of life related to health is essential to the management of children and adolescents with HIV and \"Living with HIV\" instrument could constitute a valid and reliable tool for measuring quality of life related to health of children and adolescents living with HIV and can improve the quality of care in health and the monitoring of this population

É de conhecimento geral o fato de que os contos de fada transmitem importantes mensagens carregadas de ideologia que, às vezes, diferem de maneira significativa. Isso ocorre em razão da época ou localidade em que a produção é contextualizada, como podemos bem ver nas variações do conto Chapeuzinho Vermelho, seja aqueles da tradição oral medieval, os adaptados por Perrault ou pelos Irmãos Grimm, ou mesmo as versões da contemporaneidade. Traçando um percurso histórico das transformações dos contos de fada de origem popular partindo da França, percorrendo Alemanha, Portugal e culminando no Brasil o presente estudo busca verificar as transformações ocorridas nessas sociedades, mostrando como elas foram representadas nos contos e quais mensagens transmitem. Para o presente estudo, serão utilizados o Comparatismo Literário e elementos de Teoria Literária por meio de um olhar sociológico e histórico. Após a definição do quadro teórico-metodológico e da base conceitual, partiremos para uma breve análise de algumas sociedades e como sua prática social pode, de certo modo, ser representada nos contos de fada. / It is of general knowledge that the fairy tales transmit important messages filled with ideology that, sometimes, differ significantly from one another. This happens due to the time or place where the production is contextualized, as it is possible to be seen in the variation of the Little Red Riding Hood tale, those from the medieval oral tradition, to those adapted by Perrault or brothers Grimm, and even the contemporary versions. Tracing a historic profile of the changes in the fairy tales of popular origin starting in France, passing through Germany, Portugal and culminating in Brazil the present study aims to verify the transformations that happened in these societies, showing how they were represented in the tales and what messages they pass on. For the present study, Literary Comparatism and elements of Literary Theory will be used through a sociological and historical look. After the definition of a theoretical-methodological picture and a conceptual basis, we will move on to a brief analysis of the different societies and how their social practice can, in a certain way, be represented in the fairy tales.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-10T19:07:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IRANI BATISTA DE ARAUJO.pdf: 3585103 bytes, checksum: 485603746ebe6cc71c465d924cdde40c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-05 / The objective of the research is to analyze the violence among adolescents in a school of Porto Belo neighborhood of Foz do Iguaçu / PR. The interest came from situations experienced in the school environment in the region for a period of two years. There were many press reports involving youth in the region, in addition to the situations of physical and verbal attacks witnessed within the institution. Several interviews were conducted with students, faculty, staff and local residents addressing the issue at hand. In addition to the theoretical development through the study of books, essays and articles which reflect the theme of violence in the broad sense and adolescence, it was found, by means of joint research instrument, the reasons that induce students to get involved in conflicts . For better access to the phenomenon researched statistical data were verified civil police about the killings in the region, the School Patrol and analysis of Minutes books from the university to better describe the violence, and against the school. Thus, it is expected that the research work can contribute to a better understanding of the phenomenon of interest. / O objetivo da pesquisa é analisar a violência entre adolescentes em um colégio do bairro Porto Belo em Foz do Iguaçu/PR. O interesse surgiu a partir de situações vivenciadas no ambiente escolar, na região, pelo período de dois anos. Muitas eram as notícias divulgadas pela imprensa envolvendo jovens do bairro Porto Belo, além das situações de agressões físicas e verbais presenciadas no interior da instituição. Para tanto, foram realizadas entrevistas com estudantes, professores, funcionários e moradores do local abordando o assunto em pauta. Além do aprofundamento teórico por meio do estudo de livros, dissertações e artigos que retratassem a temática da violência no sentido amplo e da adolescência, verificou-se, por meio de instrumento de pesquisa mista, as razões que induzem os alunos a se envolverem em conflitos. Para uma melhor exposição do fenômeno pesquisado foram considerados dados estatísticos da Polícia Civil sobre os homicídios na região, da Patrulha Escolar e análise dos livros Ata da instituição de ensino no sentido de melhor descrever a violência na, da e contra a escola. Assim, espera-se que o trabalho de pesquisa possa colaborar para o melhor entendimento do fenômeno de interesse.

Orientador: Maria Helena Baena de Moraes Lopes / Texto em português e inglês / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Enfermagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T07:13:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cavalcanti_MariannaCarvalhoeSouzaLeao_M.pdf: 4247771 bytes, checksum: 830866074ee3708c7aaff7427c363e41 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Objetivos: Traduzir e adaptar culturalmente para a língua portuguesa do Brasil o material educativo "Your Pelvic Floor", criado na língua inglesa, para divulgar entre as adolescentes informações sobre o assoalho pélvico e comparar o conhecimento de um grupo de adolescentes sobre essa temática, antes e após a leitura deste material já traduzido e adaptado. Métodos: A pesquisa foi dividida em três momentos. No primeiro momento, foi realizada a adaptação cultural do material educativo "Your Pelvic Floor" para a língua portuguesa do Brasil. No segundo momento, as pesquisadoras criaram um questionário com cinco questões de múltipla escolha baseadas nos tópicos abordados no material educativo e validado por um comitê de especialistas. No terceiro momento da pesquisa, foram realizadas sessões educativas compostas por três etapas: pré-teste, leitura do material traduzido e pós-teste. No pré-teste, as adolescentes responderam o questionário, cujo objetivo era avaliar as informações prévias delas sobre o assoalho pélvico. Após essa etapa, foi realizada a leitura em grupo do material "Seu Assoalho Pélvico". Ao final de cada sessão, realizava-se o pós-teste, momento em que se aplicava novamente o questionário usado no pré-teste com o objetivo de avaliar mudanças do conhecimento das alunas sobre o assunto. Resultados: O processo de adaptação cultural foi composto de cinco etapas, de acordo com as recomendações metodológicas da literatura internacional: tradução, síntese das traduções, retrotradução, avaliação pelo Comitê de Especialistas e pré-teste. As três primeiras etapas foram realizadas a contento. Os membros do comitê de especialistas fizeram algumas modificações para assegurar as equivalências entre as versões original e traduzida. No pré-teste, o material traduzido foi lido por 32 adolescentes, com idade entre 10 e 18 anos, que compuseram quatro grupos focais divididos de acordo com a faixa etária. Elas sugeriram mudanças de alguns termos e palavras para melhorar sua compreensão, sendo estas aceitas e aprovadas pelo comitê, ficando a versão final intitulada "Seu Assoalho Pélvico". Com base na versão final do material educativo, desenvolveu-se sessão educativa com 16 adolescentes, com idade entre 11 e 18 anos, que responderam o questionário sobre o tema antes e após a leitura em grupo da brochura "Seu assoalho Pélvico". Após a leitura do material, o número de questões corretas foi significativamente (p<0,05) maior que antes da leitura. Conclusão: A adaptação do material educativo "Your Pelvic Floor" para a cultura brasileira foi realizada satisfatoriamente, com uma linguagem acessível e compreensível para as adolescentes brasileiras. O material traduzido mostrou ser adequado para que as adolescentes tenham maior conhecimento sobre o assoalho pélvico, suas funções e disfunções. Frente a estas considerações, julgamos ser essencial sua divulgação e utilização por profissionais da saúde e educadores / Abstract: Objectives: To translate and culturally adapt to Brazilian Portuguese the educational material "Your Pelvic Floor", created in English, to disseminate the knowledge amongst adolescents about the pelvic floor and compare the knowledge of a group of teenagers on this topic before and after reading this material already translated and adapted. Methods: The research was divided into three moments. First it was performed the cultural adaptation of educational material "Your Pelvic Floor" into Brazilian Portuguese. Secondly, the researchers created a questionnaire with five multiple choice questions based on the topics discussed in the educational material, subsequently validated by an expert committee. At last, educational sessions were performed in three steps: pretest, reading material translated and posttest. At the pretest, adolescents answered the questionnaire, to register their previous knowledge about pelvic floor. After this stage, the material "Your Pelvic Floor" was read in group. At the end of each session, the posttest was answered, its content was the same as the one used in the pretest. Results: The process of cultural adaptation was developed in five steps, according to the methodological recommendations of international literature: translation, translation's synthesis, back-translation, review by the expert committee and pretesting. The first three steps were performed satisfactorily. The members of the expert committee made some changes to ensure the equivalence between the original and translated versions. In the pretest, translated material was read by 32 teenagers between 10 and 18 years old. They were divided in four focal groups according to the age. Some changes were suggested to improve their understanding, which were accepted and approved by the committee. The final version was entitled "Seu Assoalho Pélvico". Based on the final version of the educational material, educational sessions were developed with 16 adolescents, aged between 11 and 18, who answered the questionnaire about the topic before and after reading in group the brochure "Seu Assoalho Pélvico". After reading the material, the number of correct answers was significantly (p < 0.05) greater than before reading. Conclusion: Adaptation of educational material "Your Pelvic Floor" for Brazilian culture was performed satisfactorily, with an accessible and understandable language for Brazilian adolescents. The translated material was shown to be suitable for teens to learn about the pelvic floor, its functions and dysfunctions. In conclusion, we believe to be essential their dissemination and use by health professionals and educators / Mestrado / Enfermagem e Trabalho / Mestra em Enfermagem

Class of 2014 Abstract / Specific Aims: Fifth and 6th grade students at two schools in Tucson, Arizona were assessed using the Rapid Estimate of Adolescent Literacy in Medicine (REALM-Teen) to increase awareness of the need of childhood health literacy. Methods: After receiving permission from the two schools, the parents and the students, assessment by the REALM-Teen determined if the children were at, above, or below grade level. Main Results: Ninety-eight students were assessed of 183 possible (53.6%). Eighty-four were at or above grade level (85.7%), 14 were below (14.3%). Fifty-seven 5th graders were assessed of 90 (63.3%); of the 46 (of 72) in public school, 40 were at or above grade level (86.9%) and 6 were below (13.1%); of the 11 (of 18) in private school,9 were at or above grade level (81.8%) and 2 were below (18.2%). Forty-one 6th graders were assessed of 93 (44.1%); of the 34 (of 84) in public school, 28 were at or above grade level (82.4%) and 6 were below (17.6%); of the 7 (of 9) in private school 7 were at or above grade level (100%). Chi-square analyses showed no statistical significance between health literacy outcomes and gender, school type or prior health knowledge. Conclusion: Most (85.7%) students assessed were at grade level or higher for health literacy, which supports standards being taught and reached. That 14 students fell below grade level at the time of assessment as well as the high percentage of students not assessed (46.4%) emphasizes need for more health education and assessment.

Among girls in foster care, 48% become pregnant at least once by age 19 (Dworkey & Courtney, 2010). Teen moms are less likely to graduate from high school and their children also are more likely to be placed in foster care due to abuse or neglect (Hoffman, 2006). Furthermore, 50% of 21-year-old men aging out of foster care report they have gotten someone pregnant, compared to 19% of their peers not involved in foster care (Courtney et al., 2007). Youth in or at-risk for foster care (YFC) report limited knowledge about, access to, and use of condoms; ambivalent attitudes toward teen parenting; and participation in other risky behaviors. For the current study, we adapted and supplemented an evidence-based sexual health program called SiHLE, using a systematic adaptation framework (ADAPT-ITT, Wingood & DiClemete, 2008), to address these unique and targeted needs of YFC. Thirty-six youth participated in four sessions of SiHLE-YFC during their stay at a temporary shelter. Four 90-minute sessions focused on increasing sexual health knowledge, improving attitudes toward and self-efficacy of condom use, and developing core skills such as problem-solving and communication. As hypothesized, youth showed high satisfaction with the intervention and significant improvement in sexual health knowledge from pre to post. At one month follow-up, youth continued to show significant improvement in sexual health knowledge, along with a significant reduction in risky sexual behaviors. Though not significant, there were moderate effect sizes for changes in attitudes toward teen pregnancy and condoms. There were no changes in attitudes towards teen parenting. Taken together, findings suggest that sexual health education directly targeting the unique needs of YFC may improve sexual health knowledge and behavior, and are discussed in the context of challenges associated with intervention and research with this population.

A literature review revealed 15 variables as commonly studied as associated with adolescent pregnancy. The research showed conflicting results in many of these areas. Twenty-one pregnant and 20 non-pregnant adolescents were tested using the Arlin Test of Formal Reasoning (ATFR) and the Reiss's Premarital Sexual Permissiveness Scale. Pregnant participants were expected to score lower than non-pregnant participants on the ATFR; and, the low permissives (based on responses to the Reiss's Premarital Sexual Permissiveness Scale) were expected to score higher than high permissives on the ATFR. However, the results did not support the hypotheses. Several areas were examined for exploratory purposes. There was a significant difference between high permissives and low permissives for parent/peer orientation for sexual behavior attitudes. Additional exploratory demographic information was collected using a General Information Questionnaire.