Table 8.
Immediate within-lesson psychosocial impact (importance of topic and self-efficacy) by content domain1–3.
| Psychosocial variables | n | Pre-test Mean (SD) |
Post-test Mean (SD) |
Change Mean (SD) |
t | p | Delta Signed Rank | Sign Rank p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthy Dating Relationships (Lesson 6) | ||||||||
| How sure are you that you know what makes a healthy dating relationship? | 19 | 7.79 (2.52) | 9.81 (.77) | 2.01 (2.31) | 3.80 | .0013 | 39 | .0005 |
| How important to you is understanding what makes a healthy dating relationship? | 19 | 9.23 (1.34) | 9.82 (.54) | .53 (1.23) | 1.86 | .0753 | 18.5 | .0234 |
| Protecting personal rules about sex (Lesson 7) | ||||||||
| How sure are you that you can PROTECT your personal rules about sex? | 13 | 7.95 (3.56) | 9.53 (.89) | 1.58 (3.01) | 1.90 | .082 | 7.5 | .1563 |
| How important to you is PROTECTING your personal rules about sex? | 13 | 8.75 (2.97) | 9.31 (1.86) | .56 (1.79) | 1.13 | .2806 | 4.5 | .4375 |
| Negotiating with others to protect your personal rules (Lesson 8) | ||||||||
| How sure are you that you can negotiate with others to protect your personal rules? | 16 | 8.34 (1.92) | 9.94 (.25) | 1.59 (1.82) | 3.52 | .0039** | 22.5 | .0039 |
| How important to you is negotiating with others to protect your personal rules? | 16 | 8.72 (1.98) | 10.00 (.00) | 1.28 (1.98) | 2.58 | .0210 | 14 | .0156 |
| Consequence of pregnancy (Lesson 9) | ||||||||
| How sure are you that you understand the consequences of pregnancy? | 11 | 8.98 (3.00) | 9.88 (.33) | .89 (3.06) | .97 | .3558 | 2 | .6250 |
| How important to you is avoiding the consequences of pregnancy? | 11 | 9.65 (1.15) | 9.53 (1.50) | −.119 (1.96) | −.20 | .8444 | −.5 | 1.0000 |
| Consequence of getting HIV or STDs (Lesson 10) | ||||||||
| How sure are you that you understand the consequences of getting HIV or sexually transmitted diseases? | 9 | 8.78 (1.72) | 10.00 (.00) | 1.22 (1.72) | 2.12 | .0668 | 5 | .1250 |
| How important to you is avoiding getting HIV or sexually transmitted diseases? | 9 | 8.62 (2.17) | 10.00 (.00) | 1.38 (2.16) | 1.92 | .0915 | 5 | .1250 |
| Protecting personal rules about sex (Lesson 12) | ||||||||
| How sure are you that you can PROTECT your personal rules about sex? | 19 | 9.39 (1.77) | 9.99 (.03) | .61 (1.77) | 1.49 | .1547 | 8.5 | .0938 |
| How important to you is PROTECTING your personal rules about sex? | 19 | 9.79 (.44) | 9.47 (1.57) | −.32 (1.50) | −.93 | .3623 | −1.5 | .8125 |
Note:
1
All scales positively coded except likelihood to have oral and vaginal sex.
2
Sample is restricted to subjects with valid responses for both pre- and post-sliders for a given item.
3
Sample size was 1 or 2 for the following items: know what makes a good friend? (lesson 1), having good friendships to you? (lesson 2), that you have personals rule to live by? (lesson 3), that you can PROTECT your personal rules? (lesson 4), that you understand how reproduction works? (lesson 5), that you can reduce your risk of pregnancy or getting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases? (lesson 11).