The Amount of Sex Information Learning Obtained During Early Adolescence

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11670623
AutoresHershel D Thornburg (University of Arizona, autor de correspondencia)
Año1981
Volumen1
Número2
Páginas171-183
Fecha de publicación1981-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Early Adolescence (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0272-4316 • E-ISSN: 1552-5449
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/027243168100100207
PMID12279190
OpenAlexW1964147742
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas18
Referencias citadas20

This study reports the findings of a survey on sources of sex information among 1152 students. They were asked to identify their initial sources of information on twelve sexual concepts. In addition, they indicated the age when they first learned these concepts and wrote a definition for each of the twelve terms. Results indicate that 99 percent of initial sex infor-mation is learned in the early adolescent years or earlier. Females tended to learn from more reliable sources than males although both learned more from peers than any other source. The overall accuracy in under-standing sexual concepts was high which is interpreted within this study as a positive indicator of early adolescents learning about sex

Class (philosophy · Developmental psychology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Social Psychology