Parental Attitudes Toward Content in High School Sex Education Programs: Liberalism-Traditionalism and Demographic Correlates.
TL;DR: The authors found that parent attitudes toward specific content in high school sex education programs were related to a liberal-traditional orientation as well as social class religion whether children were pre- or post-pubescent and age of parent.
Abstract: Parental attitudes toward specific content in high school sex education programs were related to a liberal-traditional orientation as well as social class religion whether children were pre- or post-pubescent and age of parent. A random sample of 250 parents approved most discussion topics as measured by the Sex Education Content Scale (SECS). Content of sex education must be logically and functionally related to goals and methods. As the attack on sex education subsides sex education cannot be viewed as a "dead issue." The name of a program should accurately describe the content. (authors)
Citations
More filters
01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative case study analysis of the implementation of a sexuality education policy in two rural midwestern communities in the state of Iowa is presented, where the authors investigate the role of individual and group influences on the decision making process of implementing the policy.
Abstract: This study seeks to further interrogate the sexuality education debate from the perspective of the educational policy being implemented to achieve established curricular requirements and goals in rural midwestern communities. To this point, very little research has examined the way in which sexuality education curricula are implemented in these communities. The overall purpose of this study was to provide a qualitative case study analysis of sexuality education policy implementation in two rural midwestern communities in the state of Iowa. The researcher was interested in learning how local agents in rural midwestern communities implemented sexuality education policy, and understanding that process from a social cognitive theoretical framework. A qualitative case study methodology was used for this study. Seven local implementing agents from two rural school districts in the state of Iowa were interviewed, and relevant documents pertaining to the implementation of sexuality education policy were analyzed. The case study methodology provided the opportunity for participants to share individual values and beliefs regarding sexuality education policy, and discuss their experiences implementing this policy. Analysis of the data was guided by the following research questions: (a) what are the roles of individual implementing agents in the implementation of sexuality education policy in two rural, midwestern school districts? (b) Are there significant individual and group influences on how implementing agents choose to implement sexuality education policy? (c) What is the community context in which implementing agents implement
32 citations
Additional excerpts
...…Jerman, & Huang, 2007; Eisenberg et. al., 2008; Horner et. al., 1994; Ito et. al., 2006; Jaccard, Dittus, & Gordon, 1998; Jordan, Price, & Fitzgerald, 20000; Klein et. al., 2005; Libby, 1971; McKay, Pietrusiak, & Holowaty, 1998; Price et. al., 1999; Sulak et. al., 2005; Weaver et. al., 2002)....
[...]
...There are also numerous studies that have examined views of parents regarding adolescent sexuality and sexuality education (Block, 1979; Brock & Beazley, 1995; Constantine, Jerman, & Huang, 2007; Eisenberg et. al., 2008; Horner et. al., 1994; Ito et. al., 2006; Jaccard, Dittus, & Gordon, 1998; Jordan, Price, & Fitzgerald, 20000; Klein et. al., 2005; Libby, 1971; McKay, Pietrusiak, & Holowaty, 1998; Price et. al., 1999; Sulak et. al., 2005; Weaver et. al., 2002)....
[...]
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the differences between democratic and autocratic attitudes concerning dating rules and teenage sexual behavior and found that a liberal or conservative life style was more important than social class in determining the degree of sexual permissiveness.
Abstract: In the present study parents' views of appropriate rules and behavior in teenage courtship were examined. Consideration was given to differences between democratic and autocratic attitudes concerning dating rules and teenage sexual behavior. Reiss (1967) has emphasized the importance of the liberal-conservative ethos as a predictor of courtship attitudes. He contended that a liberal or conservative life style was more important than social class in determining the degree of sexual permissiveness (Reiss, 1965). Reiss' findings emphasize the relevance of identifying subjects' liberal and conservative attitudes. Reiss also reported that equalitarianism with a departure from double standard adherence was approved by the majority of both his student and adult samples, but that a female's close ties to the family institution function as support to non-equalitarianism. Another of his specific findings was that in groups with lower levels of sexual permissiveness, social forces will have a greater likelihood of altering the individual's level of sexual permissiveness than in groups with higher levels of sexual permissiveness. The legitimacy of the proposition was questioned by Heltsley and Broderick (1969). Using religiosity as a measure of social forces they disputed this general finding and suggested the quality of the particular factor, in this case religion, influenced sexual permissiveness. The effective rejoinder by Reiss (1969) still leaves the proposition as one to consider in further research. Wake (1969, pp. 170-177) asserted that the double standard was nearly nonexistent for his sample of middle to upper socio-economic status mothers and fathers. Those parents were described as equally permissive toward sons' and daughters' sexual experiences. However, a progressive decrease in permissiveness was
13 citations
12 citations
01 Jan 1986
Abstract: PREMARITAL PREPARATION WITHIN THE HOME, SCHOOL, AND CHURCH AS PERCEIVED BY ADOLESCENTS IN THE LAKE UNION CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
12 citations
References
More filters
01 Jan 1957
TL;DR: In this article, a typescript manuscript by author dated 1957 is described, including scale and scoring within document, 12 pages, and includes scale, scoring, and scoring of 12 pages.
Abstract: Copy of typescript manuscript by author dated 1957. Includes scale and scoring within document, 12 pages.
3,677 citations
1,754 citations
214 citations
TL;DR: Findings are consistent with the theory that in groups or classes where the traditional level of sexual permissiveness is low, social forces are more likely to alter individual levels of premissiveness and support the thesis that the more generally liberal a group, the sharper the differences in attitudes between liberals and conservatives in that group.
Abstract: Data from samples of 903 students and 1515 adults were used to investigate the hypothesis that persons of higher social status are less permissive than lower-status persons regarding premarital sexual behavior. In neither sample did the expected negative relation between class and permissiveness appear, but among persons displaying conservative characteristics generally, the relationship was negative. Among those with liberal characteristics, the relationship was positive. Conversely, general liberalism enhanced sexual permissiveness more in higher than in the lower-class groups. These findings are consistent with the theory that in groups or classes where the traditional level of sexual permissiveness is low, social forces are more likely to alter individual levels of premissiveness. The evidence also supports the thesis that the more generally liberal a group, the sharper the differences in attitudes between liberals and conservatives in that group.
37 citations