Adolescent decision making concern
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ing engagement in early sexual activity is
vital for intervention efforts to reduce the
negative outcomes of adolescent sexual
behavior (Powwattana, 2008). Boys did
not increase their skills in decision making
after completing the program because of
two possible reasons. First, activities in
the program (
ie
, lecturing and practicing)
were not relevant to the boy’s perceived
problems or needs because we prepared
risky situation exercises based on the re
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searcher’s point of view. These situations
did not fulfill the boys’ needs. Another
reason may be due to they did not prac
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tice those skills in decision making after
completing the prevention program