Measurements of adolescent sexual behavior in the standard sample of societies

Ethnology • Vol/Iss. 23 • Published In • Pages: 315-329 •
By Barry III, Herbert, Schlegel, Alice

Abstract

This article focuses on the relationship between premarital sexual behavior in childhood and adolescence. New measures and ratings of sexual behavior are presented. Findings supp ort the prediction that sexual behavior in childhood correlates with sexual behavior in adolescence in societies where there is an emphasis on continuity from childhood to adolescence.

Samples

Sample Used Coded Data Comment
Standard Cross Cultural Sample (SCCS)CombinationBroude and Green (1976); Barry, Josephson, Lauer, and Marshall (1976)

Hypotheses (1)

HypothesisSupported
Sexual behavior in childhood will be positively associated with sexual behavior in adolescence in societies where there is little differentiation from childhood to adolescence (316).Supported
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