Shantou University Law College, College Road 243, Jinping District, Shantou city, 515063, Guangdong, China.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Sep 27;24(1):2651. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-20172-x.
Premarital sexual behavior (PSB) is a controversial topic in China. However, in recent times, changes in attitudes have led to PSB being more common among college students. This study investigated the attitudes of Chinese undergraduates toward PSB to identify whether a typological classification exists among them.
A total of 278 undergraduate students from two public universities in Mainland China completed a 17-item survey that included five dimensions( emotions, responsiveness, sexual health, sexual freedom, and condemnation) on attitudes toward PSB. Data were collected online from April 2023 to July 2023.
The PSB questionnaire demonstrated good reliability and construct validity in this study, with a Cronbach's α of 0.759 and a KMO value of 0.769. Meanwhile, a series of models were estimated specifying one through five latent classes and three typologies on the attitude were identified: "Affective,""Avoidant," and "Open." After the best fitting model was determined, multiple analysis of variance testing of different factors such as gender, year of study and where one came from were found to have significant effects on attitude complexity (p < .01).
This research will contribute to the dissemination of information on PSB in China, which will be helpful in understanding relevant issues associated with PSB.
婚前性行为（PSB）在中国是一个有争议的话题。然而，最近，态度的变化导致大学生中婚前性行为更为普遍。本研究调查了中国大学生对 PSB 的态度，以确定他们是否存在一种类型学分类。
本研究共招募了来自中国大陆两所公立大学的 278 名本科生，他们完成了一项包含五个维度（情感、反应、性健康、性自由和谴责）的关于 PSB 态度的 17 项调查。数据于 2023 年 4 月至 7 月在网上收集。
PSB 问卷在本研究中表现出良好的可靠性和结构有效性，Cronbach's α 为 0.759，KMO 值为 0.769。同时，估计了一系列指定一个到五个潜在类别和三种态度类型的模型：“情感”、“回避”和“开放”。确定了最佳拟合模型后，对性别、学习年限和来源地等不同因素的多项方差分析测试发现，态度复杂性存在显著影响（p<0.01）。
本研究将有助于在中国传播 PSB 信息，这将有助于理解与 PSB 相关的问题。
