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Dating Intimacy as a Function of Age, Sex, and Religion
Author(s) -
Collins J. K.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
australian journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1839-4655
pISSN - 0157-6321
DOI - 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1974.tb00522.x
Subject(s) - human sexuality , psychology , project commissioning , developmental psychology , publishing , function (biology) , sexual behavior , social psychology , gender studies , demography , sociology , biology , political science , law , evolutionary biology
A study of the dating behaviour of 237 male and 324 female university students showed that while females remain more conservative than males this was only with regard to the deeper forms of intimacy behaviour. There was no evidence to suggest rampant teenage sexuality although petting behaviour was almost universally experienced. Both similarities and differences were found when the results were compared with overseas data. It was also found that religious affiliation had little influence on sexual behaviour.