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- Title
Premarital Sexual Intercourse: An Application of Axiomatic Theory Construction.
- Authors
Davidson Sr., J. Kenneth; Leslie, Gerald R.
- Abstract
This study utilized an axiomatic approach to develop a middle-range theory of premarital sexual intercourse. A review of relevant empirical research resulted in a propositional inventory which was used in developing 22 testable propositions about premarital sexual intercourse among females. Using an unanalyzed data base of 336 never-married coeds in a southern state college and in a southern medical complex, 15 propositions were either statistically significant or in the stated direction. Through the use of reference group and exchange theory, six derived propositions were developed by the process of induction.
- Subjects
PREMARITAL sex; HUMAN behavior; SINGLE people's sexual behavior; WOMEN'S sexual behavior; SINGLE women's sexual behavior; WOMEN college students' sexual behavior
- Publication
Journal of Marriage & Family, 1977, Vol 39, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
0022-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/351059