Spanier G B
Adolescence. 1978 Winter;13(52):659-74.
The relationship between participation in a sex education course in the public schools and premarital sexual behavior is studied using cross-sectional data from a national probability sample of 1177 male and female American college students interviewed in detail about their sexual behavior and sexual socialization experiences. There was no significant difference between the premarital heterosexual involvement of individuals who had attended a sex education course and those who had not. Furthermore, there were no differences between those who received information on birth control or coitus and those who did not. The implications of these findings for sex education programs are discussed and speculations about successful and unsuccessful programs are made.
利用对1177名美国男女大学生的全国概率样本的横断面数据，研究了公立学校性教育课程参与情况与婚前性行为之间的关系。这些学生就其性行为和性社会化经历接受了详细访谈。参加过性教育课程的个体与未参加过的个体在婚前异性性行为方面没有显著差异。此外，在接受过避孕或性交信息的个体与未接受过的个体之间也没有差异。讨论了这些发现对性教育项目的影响，并对成功和不成功的项目进行了推测。
