What are the risk factors for teenage pregnancy in girls?

What will be an ideal response?

Student answers could include any of the following factors: living in poverty, family instability, less parental monitoring, early age of first sexual intercourse, lack of education and job opportunities, poor educational systems, lower self-efficacy, higher external locus of control, perception that they have few educational and career options in their lives, increased risk-taking, and already having had a baby.

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The amount of self-disclosure most people engage in is typically a function of their

A) level of self-confidence. B) perceived closeness of the relationship. C) neediness. D) level of physical attraction.

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