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Cognitive Analysis of Contraceptive Behavior
Author(s) -
Norris Anne E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1988.tb00053.x
Subject(s) - cognition , reproductive behavior , research methodology , computer science , psychology , population , family planning , cognitive psychology , medicine , psychiatry , environmental health
This paper presents a new approach to contraceptive behavior–an approach that draws on research and theory in the areas of memory and information processing. The approach generates a model for predicting both pregnancy risk taking and risk‐avoidance behaviors. This model integrates descriptive findings in the contraceptive literature and is supported by a preliminary laboratory study.