Hi Of course, the statistic of 82% of pledgers denying they pledged could be taken by advocates of pledging to mean that these were not REAL pledgers; hence the study is an unfair assessment of pledging.
Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] Department of Psychology University of Winnipeg Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 CANADA >>> <[email protected]> 29-Dec-08 10:49 PM >>> I wrote: > Interesting report of an evaluation of the abstinence pledge programme in > _ The Washington Post_ today: > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- > dyn/content/article/2008/12/28/AR2008122801588.html\\ > > or http://tinyurl.com/9cchth The research paper itself is available here: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/123/1/e110 (click on "manual download") PEDIATRICS Vol. 123 No. 1 January 2009, pp. e110-e120 Patient Teenagers? A Comparison of the Sexual Behavior of Virginity Pledgers and Matched Nonpledgers Janet Elise Rosenbaum, PhD, AM One interesting finding from the study is this: "Five years after the pledge, 82% of pledgers denied having ever pledged". False memory or dissimulation? Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Bishop's University e-mail: [email protected] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
