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Trends in Attitudes toward Premarital Sexual Relations

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ID2587769
AuthorsB K Singh (0000-0002-6292-7253), Betsy Singh (corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume42
Issue2
Pages387
Publication date1980-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/351236
OpenAlexW1974828559
LanguageEN
Citations received34
References cited10

Using data from five national surveys, this study examines trends in attitudes toward premarital sexual relations. The results indicate that the approval of premarital sexual relations has increased in the 1970s and the differences between various groups in their approval of premarital sexual permissiveness have narrowed. It is also indicated that there is a need to reformulate the theoretical framework of premarital sexual permissiveness in view of the declining influence of some factors such as social class, sex, and race. Significant implications in terms of premarital pregnancy and abortion are foreseen because of increasing premarital sexual permissive

Abortion · Biology · Developmental psychology · Family planning · Human sexuality · National Survey of Family Growth · Permissive · Permissiveness · Population · Pregnancy · Premarital sex · Research methodology · Sexual behavior · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Sexual Differentiation and Disorders · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works34
Citations per year0,77
Citation span1982 - 2015 (34)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 33

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