Adolescent Self-Esteem in Relation to Sexual Attitudes and Behavior

Miller, Brent C.; Christensen, Roger B.; Olson, Terrance D.

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“…Another study found a weak link between low self-esteem and sexual activity, but this was limited to active Mormons (B.C. Miller, Christensen, & Olson, 1987). A third study found no relationship at all (Cvetkovich & Grote, 1980), and the last found that high self-esteem was correlated with more permissive attitudes toward sex (Herold & Goodwin, 1979).…”

Section: Sexual Behaviormentioning

confidence: 98%

Does High Self-Esteem Cause Better Performance, Interpersonal Success, Happiness, or Healthier Lifestyles?

Baumeister¹,

Campbell

Krueger

et al. 2003

Psychol Sci Public Interest

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105

2,073

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Most people feel that self-esteem is important. It is difficult, if not impossible, for people to remain indifferent to information that bears on their own self-esteem, such as being told that they are incompetent, attractive, untrustworthy, or lovable. Increases and decreases in self-esteem generally bring strong emotional reactions. Moreover, these fluctuations are often coincident with major successes and failures in life. Subjective

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Section: Sexual Behaviormentioning

confidence: 98%

Does High Self-Esteem Cause Better Performance, Interpersonal Success, Happiness, or Healthier Lifestyles?

Baumeister¹,

Campbell

Krueger

et al. 2003

Psychol Sci Public Interest

2,804

105

2,073

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“…I3In a bivariate analysis of a cross-sectional, predominantly conservative Mormon sample, Miller, Christensen, and Olson (1987) and Hayes, 1987). …”

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The Effects of Attitudes on Teenage Premarital Pregnancy and its Resolution

Plotnick¹

1992

American Sociological Review

136

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This study examines the influence of self-esteem, locus of control, and attitudes toward women's family roles and school on the probability of teenage premarital pregnancy and, given a pregnancy, whether it is resolved by abortion, having the birth premaritally, or marrying before the birth. The data are drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and analyzed using the nested logit method. The evidence suggests that for both whites and blacks the four attitude variables are associated with premarital pregnancy and its resolution in the directions predicted by theory. The Effect of Attitudes on Teenage Premarital Pregnancy and Its ResolutionTeenage premarital childbearing is associated with a number of negative consequences for both mother and child such as lower earnings and increased chances of poverty Pofferth, 1987) and leads to substantial public costs for income support, health care, and social services @urt with Levy, 1987). Because many observers believe that the adverse consequences are indeed caused by teenage premarital childbearing, and because teenage premarital childbearing violates mainstream norms, it emerged as a national concern during the 1980s and has remained the focus of heated debate. For these reasons and because the analysis of nonnormative behaviors has been of long-standing sociological interest, understanding the determinants of premarital childbearing can contribute to both public policy debate and social science.Many social, economic, and psychological factors are likely to influence adolescent women's sexual behavior and, consequently, their chances of becoming premaritally pregnant and an unmarried mother. That these factors include attitudes and other psychosocial variables is an intuitively plausible proposition, and one that can be deduced from behavioral theory. Psychosocial variables may mediate the effects of family background and other personal characteristics, exert independent influence on premarital childbearing, or both. Improved knowledge about the relationships among attitudes, family background and other personal characteristics, and premarital childbearing will increase our understanding of the determinants of sexual and marriage behavior and of the mechanisms through which background characteristics influence such behaviors.Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), this paper provides evidence on the relationship between teenage premarital childbearing and four psychosocial variables:self-esteem, locus of control, attitudes toward women's family roles, and attitudes toward school.'Recognizing that a premarital birth results from a premarital pregnancy followed by a decision to bear the child before marriage, the analysis examines the relationship of such variables to both premarital 2 pregnancy and its resolution. Along the way it explores plausible theoretical arguments why each of the four characteristics would tend to influence behaviors related to premarital childbearing and offers new evidence about the validity of mode...

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“…Some researchers have concluded that the personality variables of locus of control and self-esteem are minimally related to sexual attitudes and behaviors (Miller, Christensen, and Olson, 1987;Robbins et al, 1985). Morrison (1985) indicates that these psychological variables "are correlated with contraceptive use but their effects are small and situationally limited" (p. 564).…”

Section: Psychological Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Because of these perceptions, teenage girls with low self-esteem frequently have difficulty saying no, often feel that sex is expected of them at the end of a date, or have an inordinate desire to please their boy friend (California Task Force, 1990;Hagenhoff, Lowe, Howell, and Rugg, 1987). Miller et al (1987) concluded that societal norms, as experienced by teens, highly influenced their attitudes about premarital sex.…”

Section: Social Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teenage pregnancy: Etiology and educational interventions

DeRidder

1993

Educ Psychol Rev

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Adolescent Self-Esteem in Relation to Sexual Attitudes and Behavior

Cited by 58 publications

References 14 publications

Does High Self-Esteem Cause Better Performance, Interpersonal Success, Happiness, or Healthier Lifestyles?

Does High Self-Esteem Cause Better Performance, Interpersonal Success, Happiness, or Healthier Lifestyles?

The Effects of Attitudes on Teenage Premarital Pregnancy and its Resolution

Teenage pregnancy: Etiology and educational interventions

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