White Allie, Boehm Michele, Glackin Emma, Bleakley Amy
Department of Communication, University of Delaware, 125 Academy St., Newark, DE 19716 USA.
Sex Cult. 2023 Jan 7:1-22. doi: 10.1007/s12119-022-10061-z.
Prior research suggests that parents, peers, and media are popular sources of sexual information and beliefs among emerging adults. Sex-positivity is an orientation toward sex that emphasizes open-minded beliefs and communication about varying sexual behaviors, preferences, and orientations. The current study investigated whether these sexual information sources were associated with emerging adults' endorsement of sex-positive and sexual orientation-related sexual scripts, and if these sources and scripts were associated with sexual communication among a sample of college students ages 18-22 (n = 341). Results indicate that learning from television was positively related to sex-positive sexual script endorsement, and that sex-positive scripts were associated with more positive sexual communication. An interaction also emerged between gender and learning from television on sex-positive script endorsement, and between gender and learning from social media on sexual orientation-related script endorsement. The implications of these findings are contextualized within emerging adults' sexual agency and behavior. Future directions of research are also discussed.
先前的研究表明，父母、同龄人以及媒体是新兴成年人获取性信息和性观念的常见来源。性积极态度是一种对性的取向，强调对各种性行为、偏好和性取向持开放的观念并进行交流。本研究调查了这些性信息来源是否与新兴成年人对性积极及与性取向相关的性脚本的认同有关，以及这些来源和脚本是否与18至22岁大学生样本（n = 341）中的性交流有关。结果表明，从电视中获取信息与对性积极的性脚本的认同呈正相关，并且性积极的脚本与更积极的性交流相关。在性积极脚本认同方面，性别与从电视中获取信息之间也出现了交互作用；在与性取向相关的脚本认同方面，性别与从社交媒体中获取信息之间也出现了交互作用。这些研究结果的影响在新兴成年人的性自主和性行为背景下进行了阐述。还讨论了未来的研究方向。
