PROBLEMATIČNI UŽICI: RIZIČNO SEKSUALNO PONAŠANJE U KASNOJ ADOLESCENCIJI
DANGEROUS PLEASURES: SEXUAL RISK-TAKING IN LATE ADOLESCENCE
Author(s): Aleksandar Štulhofer, Vesna Jureša, Maja MamulaSubject(s): Higher Education , Behaviorism, Evaluation research
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: Sexual Risk-Taking; Late Adolescence; Student population;
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the extent and structural characteristics of sexual risk-taking (SRT) in student population. The introductory section offers a definition of SRT, the age specific contributing factors, and a brief overview of related bihevioral research – including all the studies carried out in Croatia (1973-1998). Four hypotheses regarding SRT in late adolescence are tested in the empirical part of the paper, which is based on data collected in the 1998 survey on sexual knowledge, attitudes and behavior carried out on 1355 freshmen at the University of Zagreb. The results confirm the first three hypotheses (regarding the normalcy or omnipresence of SRT, gender specific and sequentially organized structure of SRT), but offer only partial support for the contextual rationality thesis, suggesting instead a complex interplay of rational and irrational (habitual) elements as the psychological background of SRT.
Journal: Društvena istraživanja - Časopis za opća društvena pitanja
- Issue Year: 9/2000
- Issue No: 50
- Page Range: 867-893
- Page Count: 27
- Language: Croatian