Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage, Polyamorous Marriage, and Conventional Marriage Ideals Among College Students in the Southeastern United States

Kaufman, Gayle; Aiello, Alex; Ellis, Camryn; Compton, D’Lane R.

doi:10.1007/s12119-022-09960-y

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“…In Class 1, with more unfavourable opinions towards sexuality, a greater probability was observed of finding women, heterosexual students, and Christians. The healthier Class 3 was made up of a higher percentage of men, of people of non-heterosexual orientation and those without religious feelings (agnostics or atheists), which concurs with what some studies have observed [20,39,36,40] and is contrary to what has been found in research with Spanish university students, where gender did not influence the attitudes shown towards sexuality [41] or if it did, women were the ones who showed healthier opinions [23].…”

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confidence: 91%

“…Fehr conducted a study in 2018 in which he proposed a scale with 7 degrees between heterosexual and homosexual to a group of university students, obtaining similar proportions to our sample [24]. The percentages observed regarding heterosexual university students in different studies range from 65% to 90.5% [20,25,26] reaching 94.2% found by Ballester-Arnal in a study of Spanish students [27].…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 65%

“…States [20] obtained similar proportions in their research. It is striking that in numerous studies no alternatives other than men or women are offered, such as those carried out by the Centre for Sociological Research in Spain in its latest study on social and emotional relationships [21], or that, in others, such as that of Burrel in 2019, despite the fact that they exist, no student feels identified [22].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 59%

“…Over half of the students in our sample identified as agnostic or atheist, with a third being believers and only 6% practicing. A study carried out in Seville a few years ago revealed that 39% of university students were atheist/agnostic, and that up to 59% declared themselves Catholic [23], while, in another American study, more than half of university students declared themselves non-religious [20]. Among the general Spanish population in this period, 57.8% defined themselves as Catholic Christians (with only 17.7% practicing), compared to 39.8% who identified as agnostic/atheist or indifferent to religion [21].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Let’s talk about sex: college students’ attitudes towards Sexuality Education in a Spanish University

Lahoz-García,

Jimenez,

Castro

et al. 2024

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The concept of Sexual Education has greatly evolved over the years. Its definition and scope have been adapted to changing social and political circumstances.University students face broad access to information, but not always adequate. A lack of good tools for discrimination can lead to the persistence of stereotypes, rejection of diversity, low perception of risk or the appearance of sexual dysfunctions.Methods: between December 2020 and April 2021, 1,028 students from the University of Valladolid filled out a questionnaire exploring their attitudes towards Sexuality. A latent class analysis was carried out to characterise different student profiles, and the Chi-squared distribution test was applied to assess the influence of sociodemographic factors on each of the profiles.Results: the sample mostly represented undergraduate students (93%), women (67%) and heterosexuals (80%), with an average age of 21. 51% identified as Christians and 53% had not left home. Gender, sexual orientation and religious feelings influenced the characterization of every classes (p<0.05). Regarding the proposed Opinions on Sexuality, three student profiles were identified: unfavourable (17%), with a greater proportion of women, heterosexuals, and Christians; intermediate (68%) and favourable (15%) made up of more men, non-heterosexuals and non-religious. Concerning Myths, four profiles were observed: indifferent (31%), with more women and non-religious students, those who accept them (2%), composed of more men, heterosexuals and the religious, intermediates (48%) and those who reject the myths (20%), with a higher percentage of non-heterosexual undergraduates.Conclusions: different student profiles have been identified by the opinions and attitudes expressed towards Sexuality. The results show that gender, sexual orientation and religious feelings were the most influential factors for their characterisation despite the indifference shown by a large number of students. These observations detect needs to be covered by future proposals to improve Sexual Education.

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