Patrick Megan E, Maggs Jennifer L, Abar Caitlin C
Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, 110 South Henderson Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA.
J Sex Res. 2007 Aug;44(3):240-9. doi: 10.1080/00224490701443759.
Emerging adults (M = 18.99 years, SD = .50) completed cross-sectional questionnaires (N = 943) and targeted follow-up telephone surveys (N = 202) across the transition to college. Gender, personal goals (dating, friendship, academic), and past sexual behavior were examined as predictors of reasons to have and not to have sex. Men rated Self-focused reasons to have sex as more important; women rated Partner-focused reasons to have sex and Ethical reasons not to have sex as more important. Importance of Pregnancy/STD reasons not to have sex did not differ by gender. Before college entrance, sexual history and personal goals predicted endorsement of reasons for/against sex. Personal goals predicted first intercourse during freshman year. Limitations of the study include the single university sample and use of closed-ended self-report measures. Personal goals and reasons for/against sex are associated with sexual behavior and should be addressed in programs designed to promote sexual health among emerging adult college students.
刚成年的大学生（平均年龄M = 18.99岁，标准差SD = 0.50）在进入大学的过渡阶段完成了横断面问卷调查（N = 943）和针对性的随访电话调查（N = 202）。研究考察了性别、个人目标（约会、交友、学业）以及过去的性行为，以此作为发生性行为和不发生性行为原因的预测因素。男性认为以自我为中心的性行为原因更为重要；女性则认为以伴侣为中心的性行为原因以及基于道德的不发生性行为的原因更为重要。因怀孕/性传播疾病而不发生性行为的重要性在性别上没有差异。在大学入学前，性史和个人目标可预测对发生/不发生性行为原因的认可程度。个人目标可预测大一期间的首次性行为。本研究的局限性包括样本仅来自一所大学以及使用封闭式自我报告测量方法。个人目标以及发生/不发生性行为的原因与性行为有关，在旨在促进刚成年大学生性健康的项目中应予以关注。
