Scores of 297 college students from 3 different courses taught by different instructors on Lief and Reed's Sex Knowledge and Attitude Test and Levenson's Locus of Control test at Weeks 1 and 15 did not change significantly on Levenson's subscales but attitudes of students in the sexuality class changed on masturbation, abortion, and heterosexual relations. No change in knowledge was noted.
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