TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived Sex Knowledge, Exposure to Eroticism, and Premarital Sexual Behavior
T2 - the Impact of Dating
AU - Spanier, Graham B.
PY - 1976/3
Y1 - 1976/3
N2 - The antecedents of premarital sexual behavior are examined using interview data from a national probability sample of 1,177 American college students. I hypothesize that a positive relationship exists between perceived sex knowledge, exposure to eroticism, dating experiences, and premarital sexual behavior. Dating frequency, intimacy, and related circumstances are proposed as powerful explanatory variables in understanding the developmental process leading to increased socio‐sexual involvement. Data are provided which confirm the hypotheses and lend support to the theory that a complex social‐psychological network of variables, centering around the opportunity and pressures associated with dating and peer group experiences, influences premarital sexual behavior.
AB - The antecedents of premarital sexual behavior are examined using interview data from a national probability sample of 1,177 American college students. I hypothesize that a positive relationship exists between perceived sex knowledge, exposure to eroticism, dating experiences, and premarital sexual behavior. Dating frequency, intimacy, and related circumstances are proposed as powerful explanatory variables in understanding the developmental process leading to increased socio‐sexual involvement. Data are provided which confirm the hypotheses and lend support to the theory that a complex social‐psychological network of variables, centering around the opportunity and pressures associated with dating and peer group experiences, influences premarital sexual behavior.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1976.tb00977.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1976.tb00977.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84995165183
SN - 0038-0253
VL - 17
SP - 247
EP - 261
JO - Sociological Quarterly
JF - Sociological Quarterly
IS - 2
ER -