This report compares results from 1996 national study of the current attitudes of American teenagers with similar 1974 and 1983 surveys. Almost 1,000 students between 13 and 17 years from households representative of the national population in geographic distribution, population density, household size, age of household head, and family income…

The document presents a report by psychologists, educators, and religious leaders who participated in a conference to investigate moral attitudes and behavior of youth in the United States in the late 1960s. The document provides information concerning youth's problems, needs, expectations, and attitudes in 1969. Topics discussed by conference…

Gender beliefs affect adolescents' sexual motivations, perceptions, and actions (Moss, 1994) and can endanger sexual health (Haffner, 1998). We believe that teaching youth about gender norms will increase the efficacy of HIV/STD preventive interventions. We were funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to develop and…