Attitudes of Rural Youth toward Premarital Sexual Permissiveness

Bibliographic Data

ID2586136
AuthorsDanny E Harrison (corresponding author), Walter H Bennett, Gerald Globetti
Year1969
Volume31
Issue4
Pages783
Publication date1969-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/349324
OpenAlexW2095452836
LanguageEN
Citations received9

This study is concerned with a comparative analysis of the premarital sexual attitudes of rural high-school students in a Mississippi community. Reiss's items were subjected to Guttman analysis in order to measure the dependent variable. As indicated by other studies, the degree of affection present in a relationship was a major factor in determining acceptability of advanced sexual activity. Overall, neither Negro nor white students displayed a widespread predisposition toward promiscuous behavior. Several variations between the racial systems in the sociocultural factors which influence attitudes of permissiveness were noted

Affection · Developmental psychology · Human sexuality · Permissiveness · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology

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