Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Special Education
First Advisor
Jean Edwards Prescott
Term of Graduation
Winter 1979
Date of Publication
2-14-1979
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science in Education (MSEd)
Department
Special Education
Language
English
Subjects
Sex instruction, People with mental disabilities
DOI
10.15760/etd.2888
Physical Description
1 online resource (2, iv, 62 pages)
Abstract
The study determined that twenty-three mildly to moderately retarded adults living within the community increased their sexual knowledge after attending a twelve month, data-based sex education training program. The Lane Community College-Adult Basic Education (LCC-ABE) Pre/Post Test was administered to each subject when he/she began and finished the training program. The Intermittent Probe Tests were administered to each subject after instruction in each of thirteen topic areas in the curriculum. The main conclusions were that: (a) the subjects significantly increased their sexual knowledge after training; (b) class, sex, ability level, age, type of residence, and length of time in that residence were not significantly influential in the increase of sexual knowledge; and (c) a significant correlation between the Intermittent Probe Tests and post-test scores indicated a high degree of predictability between the two tests and that long-term (over a twelve-month period) retention resulted from training.
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Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17364
Recommended Citation
Riley, Patricia Ann, "An Evaluation of a Data-Based Sex Education Training Program for Mentally Retarded Adults" (1979). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 2894.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.2888
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