Formal operational thinking: The role of cognitive-developmental processes in adolescent decision-making about pregnancy and contraception.
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
- Vol. 60 (3) , 346-356
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0079156
Abstract
The role of formal operational thinking in adolescent decision-making about pregnancy and contraception is explored through an integration of the cognitive-developmental and pregnancy-contraception literatures. The ways in which cognitive-developmental change mechanisms initiate or hinder formal thinking on pregnancy-contraception are considered, and implications for counseling pregnant adolescents are discussed.Keywords
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