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Article: Influence of teens' perceptions of parental disapproval and peer behaviour on their initiation of sexual intercourse.
- Article from:
- The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
- Author:
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ABSTRACT: This study of 2,353 grade 10 and 12 students asked whether their perceptions of parental approval/disapproval of their having sexual intercourse would predict whether or not they had ever had intercourse. Weil over half of these students anticipated parental disapproval and 44% of the total sample had ever had intercourse. Logistic regression analyses showed no predictive effect of perceived parental disapproval on intercourse experience whereas students' perceptions of the sexual intercourse experience of same sex and other sex friends was predictive for both sexes. Females were significantly more likely than males to anticipate fathers' disapproval but the ...
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