... from experimenting with intimacy and sexual behaviors, and, of course, from getting pregnant and contracting a sexually transmitted diseases. There is no reason to believe that these claims are true. Charles Morrison, family living and sexuality educator for Portland schools states, "To preach pure abstinence and nothing else is irresponsible the research is clear, abstinence programs don't work. ... Reality, an abstinence-only program, includes a litany of the consequences of premarital sex, including: "inability to concentrate on school, shotgun weddings, selfishness, poverty, loss of...

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... hypotheses typically has used multi-item self-report measures to identify people high and low in self-monitoring (Snyder & Gangestad, 2000). The most frequently used measurement is the 25-item, true-false, original Self-Monitoring Scale (Snyder, 1974, see appendix). Most of these studies also pointed out the nature of self-monitoring and the validity of it. Briggs and Cheek (1988 ... for a revised 18-question scale. The self-monitoring theory has given way to much research. Snyder and Gangestad (2000) express that the links between self-monitoring and interpersonal relationships, includ...

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