Bernache-Baker B
Adolescence. 1987 Summer;22(86):259-69.
This study reports the results of a questionnaire and interview-based study designed to test the often-stated claims of college preparatory schools, i.e., "prep schools" that, along with a high-quality education, they also instill a superior system of values than is possible in a public school. Comparisons are made between "preppies" and college-bound public school students in terms of sexual attitudes and behavior as well as with the earlier studies of Kinsey, Pomeroy et al., Sorensen, and Haas. The results indicate that, even when measured by the standards of the schools themselves, preppies rank lower in many areas, especially attitudinal, than their public school counterparts. Despite the enormous amount of faculty energy expended to prevent it, the sexual activity of the prep school student, both in amount and degree of sophistication, is significantly greater than is found in public school students. Further, in terms of sex-related drug use, exploitiveness, female self-image, homophobia and sexism, preppies do not compare favorably with public school students. Hypotheses are advanced to account for the differences detected and suggestions made for future research. It is also suggested that the research technique used in this study has great potential for future study of adolescent sexual attitudes and behavior that, in the past, have been extremely difficult to perform.
本研究报告了一项基于问卷调查和访谈的研究结果，该研究旨在检验大学预备学校（即“预科学校”）常宣称的观点，即除了提供高质量教育外，它们还能灌输一种比公立学校更优越的价值体系。研究对“预科生”和准备上大学的公立学校学生在性态度和性行为方面进行了比较，并与金赛、波默罗伊等人、索伦森和哈斯的早期研究进行了对比。结果表明，即使按照学校自身的标准衡量，预科生在许多方面，尤其是态度方面，比公立学校的同龄人排名更低。尽管学校投入了大量教师精力来防止这种情况，但预科学校学生的性活动，无论是在数量上还是复杂程度上，都明显高于公立学校学生。此外，在与性相关的药物使用、剥削性、女性自我形象、恐同和性别歧视方面，预科生与公立学校学生相比并无优势。文中提出了一些假设来解释所发现的差异，并为未来的研究提出了建议。研究还表明，本研究中使用的研究技术在未来对青少年性态度和性行为的研究中具有巨大潜力，而过去这类研究极难开展。
