Arda Karapinar, Damla Akdağ, Deniz Gökengin
Awareness and acceptability of monkeypox vaccine in men who have sex with men
Turkish journal of medical sciences
controversies exist regarding effects sex education schools informal sex education obtained parents peers mass media sources similarly widespread interest premarital sexual behavior especially determinants study presents several issues reflecting concerns subject much speculation received little attention researchers purpose study investigatethrough use respondent reportshow formal informal sex education influences premarital sexual behavior college national probability sample 1177 college students studied using facetoface interviews approximately equal numbers males females interviews conducted institute sex research included questions past present sexual involvement attitudinal behavioral background variables accordingly data sexual behavior attitudes based interviewees selfreports indices created operationalized independent variables familial sexual conservatism exposure eroticism perceived sex knowledge sexual exposure assault childhood adolescence individual items reflecting childhood sex play masturbation current religiosity religiosity growing social class sources sex information sex education classrooms high school college dating used dependent variable premarital sociosexual involvement composite measure incidence prevalence premarital heterosexual involvement meets guttman scaling criteria automatic interaction detector analysis used determine relative influences reported sexualization variables premarital sexual behavior major findings summarized follows heterosexual behavior progresses stepwise fashion elementary advanced levels involvement level representing threshold reports current influences pressures explain variance premarital sexual behavior reports past informal sexualization influences turn explain variance reported formal sexeducation experiences limited success reported use fourstage aid analysis attempted ascertain whether variables represented later stages sexualization process mask effects variables earlier stages whether development process identified may concluded data support belief exposure sexuality formal sex education influences premarital sexual behavior informal sex education significantly impact premarital sexual behavior indications pressures experiences confronting young people given dating peer group situation take precedence past sexual socialization influences