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Self‐esteem and sexual permissiveness
Author(s) -
Herold Edward S.,
Goodwin Marilyn Shirley
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197910)35:4<908::aid-jclp2270350444>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - affection , permissiveness , psychology , deviance (statistics) , self esteem , developmental psychology , social psychology , human sexuality , sexual intercourse , norm (philosophy) , sexual behavior , demography , gender studies , population , statistics , mathematics , viral replication , biology , sociology , political science , law , genetics , cell culture
Abstract Assessed the relationship between self‐esteem and sexual permissiveness for 486 single females aged 13–20 who were attending 10 bith control centers in Ontario. consistent with Stratton ans Spitzer's social deviance model, which predicts that the nature of the permissiveness/self‐esteem relationship is dependent on cultural norms, in this libeal sample high esteem Ss were accepting of premarital intercouse with affection, Those who deviated from the permissiveness with affection norm by endorsing sexual abstinence had lower esteem, but there was no relationship between esteem and endorsement of premarital intercourse without affection or esteem and number of coital partners. High self‐esteem Ss were more willing to take sexual initiative and had lower sex guilt.