Frequencies and Relations of Body Piercing and Sexual Experience in College Students

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (1) ◽  
pp. 159-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome R. Koch And ◽  
Alden E. Roberts ◽  
Myrna L. Armstrong ◽  
Donna C. Owen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Body Piercing ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
American Women ◽  
Premarital Sexual

This research examined the relation between having a body piercing and having engaged in premarital sexual intercourse. Data were gathered from a convenience sample of 450 college students. 72% were women; 85% were ages 18 to 22 years ( M = 20.9, SD = 4.5), 80% were Euro-American. Women with piercings reported substantively and significantly greater frequency of sexual activity than college students without piercings. There were no significant differences in sexual experience between men with piercings and those without. These findings differ from previous research comparing the sexual activity of college students with and without tattoos.

College Students, Tattoos, and Sexual Activity

2005 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 887-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome R. Koch ◽  
Alden E. Roberts ◽  
Myrna L. Armstrong ◽  
Donna C. Owen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Activity ◽  
College Women ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexually Active ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Premarital Sexual

This research examined the association of having a tattoo and engaging in premarital sexual intercourse. Data gathered from a convenience sample of 450 college students indicated that tattooed respondents were substantively and significantly more likely to be sexually active than nontattooed college students. Tattooed men became sexually active at a significantly earlier age than nontattooed men but no such difference was found between tattooed and nontattooed college women.

Tattoos, Piercings, and Sexual Activity

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 1543-1547 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Guéguen
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Activity ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Public Universities ◽  
Body Piercing ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Males And Females

In this study, I examined the correlation between having a tattoo and/or body piercing and the time at which sexual activity began. Data were gathered from a convenience sample of 2,080 students, who were recruited by approaching them on the campuses of public universities in France. Tattooed and/or pierced students reported earlier experiences of sexual intercourse than did nonpierced and nontattooed students. This effect was found with both males and females, and was reinforced when respondents had both piercings and tattoos.

Physical Attractiveness and Sexual Activity of College Students

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 567-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathleen Stelzer ◽  
Sharon M. Desmond ◽  
James H. Price
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Behaviors ◽  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
White Female ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Women’S Perceptions ◽  
Quality Type

This study was conducted to ascertain the role attractiveness plays in the sexual behaviors of women. A convenience sample of 101 white female college students from a large midwestern university responded to an 18-item questionnaire on attractiveness and sexual behavior developed by the researchers; Cronbach alpha = .73. These women were also rated on their physical attractiveness by three male peers and categorized as attractive, average, or unattractive. The attractive and unattractive women's perceptions of their physical attractiveness were at variance with those of the three male raters, women rated average tended to rate themselves correctly. Attractiveness was not associated with the self-reported ages at which subjects began dating, the age of first sexual intercourse, or the quality, type, or frequency of contraceptive use. The attractive women were significantly more likely to engage in sexual intercourse and oral sex than either of the other two groups. Both the attractive and unattractive women had significantly more sexual partners than those rated average in attractiveness. Replication with a larger group is recommended.

Premarital sexual intercourse among single college students: A discriminant analysis

Sex Roles ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Keller ◽  
Stephen S. Elliott ◽  
Edwin Gunberg
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Premarital Sexual

Explaining Premarital Sexual Intercourse among College Students: A Causal Model

Social Forces ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Schulz ◽  
George W. Bohrnstedt ◽  
Edgar F. Borgatta ◽  
Robert R. Evans
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Causal Model ◽  
Premarital Sexual

Explaining Premarital Sexual Intercourse among College Students: A Causal Model

Social Forces ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 148-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Schulz ◽  
G. W. Bohrnstedt ◽  
E. F. Borgatta ◽  
R. R. Evans
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Causal Model ◽  
Premarital Sexual

The Sexual Desire Inventory as a Measure of Sexual Motivation in College Students

2000 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 347-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Edward King ◽  
Elizabeth Rice Allgeier
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Desire ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Sexual Motivation ◽  
Sexual Response ◽  
Consummatory Behavior ◽  
Two Phases ◽  
Highly Correlated

The human sexual response consists of at least two phases of behavior, the motivational phase and the consummatory phase, which are difficult to isolate. Sexual motivation questionnaires commonly contain items that assume sexual intercourse or partners' experience and are often difficult to use with sexually inexperienced persons. The Sexual Desire Inventory by Spector, Carey, and Steinberg does not appear to be confounded with consummatory behavior. Our goal was to check whether it can be used to measure sexual motivation. 40 men and 63 women completed the Sexual Experience Scale of sexual motivation by Frenken and Vennix and the Sexual Desire Inventory. Scores on the two inventories were highly correlated with this measure of sexual motivation and may be used with sexually inexperienced individuals.

Premarital sexual experience of married women in Kinshasa, Zaire

1995 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yanyi K. Djamba
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Sexual Experience ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Younger Women ◽  
First Sexual Intercourse ◽  
First Marriage ◽  
Age At First Marriage ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Premarital Sexual

SummaryUsing responses from questions about age at first sexual intercourse and age at first marriage, this paper offers a method of studying premarital sexual behaviour in societies where the subject is a taboo topic. More than half of the currently married women in Kinshasa engaged in sexual intercourse before marriage. The likelihood of having premarital intercourse increases among younger women, those with higher education, and those whose ethnic groups have liberal attitudes towards sexual conduct. The results also suggest that sexual activity accounts for late marriage.

Dating and Commitment Choices as a Function of Ethnicity among American College Students in California

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1293-1300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin S. Fiebert ◽  
Dusty Nugent ◽  
Scott L. Hershberger ◽  
Margo Kasdan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Asian American ◽  
African American Men ◽  
The United States ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
Asian American Women ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
American Women

The incidence of interracial and interethnic dating and marriage in the United States has increased. This investigation examined dating and commitment choices as a function of ethnicity and sex among groups of Euro-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-American, and African-American college students. A convenience sample of college students comprising 329 heterosexual subjects (134 men, 195 women) was surveyed regarding their partner preferences for dating, visiting parents, marriage, and bearing children. It was hypothesized that subjects would consider dating partners from different ethnic groups, but when making a commitment to marriage and children would prefer members of their own group. This hypothesis was supported in half of the groups: Euro-American men, African-American men, Asian-American women, and African-American women. A discussion of dating and commitment choices among ethnic and sex groups is presented and discussed.

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