Psychosocial determinants of sexual norms and their impact on sexual debut in Polish adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In an attempt to describe composite scales relating to sexual norms, we present their structure, psychosocial determinants, and the association with adolescent sexual initiation.

Methods

A representative sample of Polish students was surveyed in 2015 (n = 1024, mean age 17.8 ± 0.31). Three scales of sexual norms were identified using principal component analysis. Logistic regression and path models were applied.

Results

The scales concerning stereotype gender norms, as well as restrictive and permissive sexual norms, were developed. Restrictive norms lead to later sexual initiation and were more frequent in combination with love for the first partner. The variability of all the indices was significantly correlated with the peer environment. A number of dire

SUBMITTER: Izdebski Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7588370 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature