Norms of premarital sexual behavior: a cross-cultural study

Ethos • Vol/Iss. 3 (3) • Published In • Pages: 381-402 •
By Broude, Gwen J.

Hypothesis

No significant relationships were found between premarital sex norms and the following caretaking-anxiety variables: display of affection, age of independence training, ease of independence training, age of weaning, number of caretakers (395, 396)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Comparison of raw scoresNot Supportedabove .10UNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Age Of Independence TrainingIndependentIndependence Training
Age Of WeaningIndependentInfant Feeding
Display Of AffectionIndependentChild Care
Ease Of IndependenceIndependentIndependence Training
Number Of CaretakersIndependentChild Care
Premarital Sex NormsDependentPremarital Sex Relations

Related Hypotheses

Main AuthorHypothesis
Broude, Gwen J."Societies characterized by high accessibility of caretakers [child care] will have permissive premarital sex norms. Societies characterized by low accessibility of caretakers will ave restrictive premarital sex norms" (393)
Whiting, John W.M."[There is] a negative relationship between age of socialization and strength of guilt feelings . . . [in the following aspects of socialization in order of strongest negative association--training in heterosexual inhibition, modesty, weaning, independence]" (256, 257)
Broude, Gwen J."If norms of premarital sexual behavior are related to sex anxiety, they would be expected to correlate highly with a scale measuring degree of sex anxiety in childhood" (386)
Whiting, John W.M.". . . the pressure for independence in the nuclear household in contrast to all others is not only strikingly earlier, but also more severe . . ." (179)
Broude, Gwen J."When each independent variable is tested against premarital sex norms while holding the others constant, only three [i.e., accessibility of caretakers, class stratification, and cultural complexity] retain their power to predict permissiveness and restrictiveness with statistical certainty" (398)