Premarital sexual intercourse: A test of the effects of peer group, religiosity, and sexual guilt

Autor:	Alan R. Sack, Dennis E. Hinkle, James F. Keller
Rok vydání:	1984
Předmět:	Sociology and Political Science Peer group Research findings Test (assessment) Developmental psychology Gender Studies Religiosity Sexual intercourse History and Philosophy of Science Sexual behavior Negatively associated Respondent Psychology General Psychology
Zdroj:	The Journal of Sex Research. 20:168-185
ISSN:	1559-8519 0022-4499
DOI:	10.1080/00224498409551215
Popis:	Previous research findings have been inconsistent concerning the influence on a person's sexual behavior of the peer group's sexual behavior and approval. Therefore, in this paper the relative importance of one's closest, friends' sexual behavior, their perceived approval for engaging in premarital coitus. age, sex guilt, and conventional religiosity were examined. Respondents were 467 dormitory students from a large mid‐Atlantic university. Results of separate path analyses for men and women showed that the greater the number of close friends thought to be nonvirgins, the greater the likelihood the man was also nonvirgin. Anticipated approval from close friends was not associated with a man being a nonvirgin. For women, both the sexual behavior and the expected degree of approval from close friends was associated with a woman being a nonvirgin. For both sexes, sex guilt was negatively associated with being a nonvirgin, whereas the respondent's age and degree of conventional religiosity were not ...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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