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L Furby

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PubMed1997

Sexually transmitted disease prevention: adolescents' perceptions of possible side effects.

Forty-eight sexually active adolescents participated in an open-ended interview about the possible secondary consequences (side effects) of implementing measures to reduce the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD). These adolescents noted 134 different consequences, which were grouped into 15 substantive categories. When four prevention measures (using condoms, being selective about sex partner(s), being monogamous, and abstaining from sexual activity) were analyzed, different patterns of consequences that were salient to these adolescents emerged. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for understanding and improving adolescent decision making about STD prevention.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1987

Evaluating voluntary risks of injury.

Making sound safety decisions requires accurate estimates of the costs of injuries and the benefits of their reduction. These estimates may be produced intuitively by citizens exposed to risk of injury, or formally, for analysts considering alternative safety policies. All such estimates rely on behavioral assumptions, regarding how people perceive and respond to to risks. They also rely on ethical assumptions, regarding how people should respond. The nature and validity of these assumptions are analyzed here, in order to provide a consumer's guide to techniques designed to evaluate risks and devise safety policies.

Cost-Benefit Analysis↗
PubMed1982

Some characteristics of infants preferred toys.

Mothers of 3-, 6-, 9-, and 12-month-old infants indicated on a written questionnaire their child's favorite toys. The objects were coded on four different dimensions; (a) whether the preference was for a specific object or for a general class of objects, (b) the material composition of the object, (c) the stimulation provided by the object, and (d) the infant's actions with object. At 3 months of age less than half of the infants had a favorite object, but by the end of the first year almost 90% had at least one favorite toy. A number of age and gender differences were found in the relative frequencies of the object, characteristics investigated. These are discussed in terms of the cognitive, motivational, and environmental characteristics typical of different development levels during the first year of life.

Age Factors↗