Jeynes, William H.  <br/><br/>
A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship Between Student Abstinence-Only Programs and Sexual Behavior and Attitudes/ 
William H. Jeynes  
 -  Sage,  2020. 
 - Vol.52, issue 1, 2020: (3-20p.) 
<br/><br/> This meta-analysis of 14 studies examines the relationship between abstinence-only programs and the sexual behavior and—attitudes of urban students from middle school to early in college. The results indicate a significant relationship between abstinence-only programs and the outcomes examined. Abstinence-only programs, as a whole, were associated with reduced premarital sexual behavior by nearly .4 of a standard deviation unit. For sexual behavior and attitudes combined, abstinence-only programs were associated with improvements of nearly .3 of a standard deviation unit. When sophisticated controls were utilized in each of these analyses, the effect sizes were smaller, but were all statistically significant. The importance of these results is discussed. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sexual Behavior<br/>Meta-Analysis