Waiting for the Right Time: How and Why Young Thai Women Manage to Avoid Heterosexual Intercourse

Supametaporn, Pinhatai; Stern, Phyllis Noerager; Rodcumdee, Branom; Chaiyawat, Waraporn

doi:10.1080/07399331003717298

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“…Boys were more likely to engage in early sexual behaviors which is an expected finding and supported by earlier studies [15,17]. Thai girls may be less likely to be involved in early sexual activity due to gender norms that are still prevalent in Thailand, which favour females remaining virgins until marriage [27,47]. It is worth noting that while the prevalence of Early SI was higher for boys compared to girls, the average age of early SI was not significantly different indicating a trend for both genders to initiate sex at an earlier age.…”

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What vartaibles including spirituality determine early sexual initiation among thai adolescents?

Roojanavech¹,

Badr²,

Doyle³

2016

Pediatr Dimensions

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Aim: To investigate the predictors of early sexual initiation (SI) among Thai adolescents. Methods:A cross sectional design was used to assess parental and child factors that may affect early sexual initiation in 430 Thai adolescents. Results:The prevalence of early sexual initiation (SI) was higher in Thai boys and was started at an earlier age. Early SI was associated with adolescents' self-esteem, academic performance and spirituality, family structure, parents' education, and parental monitoring. However, logistic regression noted that parental monitoring was the best predictor of early sexual initiation, followed by family structure, academic performance, and spirituality.

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Section: Discussionasupporting

confidence: 72%

What vartaibles including spirituality determine early sexual initiation among thai adolescents?

Roojanavech¹,

Badr²,

Doyle³

2016

Pediatr Dimensions

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“…The delay of first sexual intercourse in the current study may have been influenced by Thai traditional culture, in which early experience with sexual intercourse is considered socially unacceptable (Sridawruang et al, 2010;Supametaporn et al, 2010). Biologically, we found that early sexual activity after menarche (< 6 years) led to greater susceptibility to SCCA.…”

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confidence: 58%

Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer in Northeastern Thailand: Detailed Analyses of Sexual and Smoking Behavior

Natphopsuk

Settheetham-Ishida²,

Sinawat³

et al. 2012

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Cervical cancer is a serious public health problem in Thailand. We investigated possible risk factors for cervical cancer including HPV infection, p53 polymorphism, smoking and reproductive history among women in Northeast Thailand using a case control study with 177 cases and age-matched controls. Among the HPV carriers, a significantly increased risk for cervical cancer with an OR of 36.97 (p<0.001) and an adjusted OR of 38.07 (p<0.001) were observed. Early age at first sexual exposure, and multiple sexual partners increased the risk of cervical cancer with ORs ranging between 1.73-2.78 (p<0.05). The interval between menarche and first sexual intercourse <6 years resulted in a significant increase in the risk for cervical cancer with ORs ranging between 3.32-4.09 and the respective adjusted OR range for the 4-5 and 2-3 year-old groups were 4.09 and 2.92. A higher risk was observed among subjects whose partner had smoking habits, whether currently or formerly; with respective ORs of 3.36 (p<0.001) and 2.17 (p<0.05); and respective adjusted ORs of 2.90 (p<0.05) and 3.55 (p<0.05). Other smoking characteristics of the partners including smoking duration ≥ 20 years, number of cigarettes smokes ≥ 20 pack-years and exposure time of the subject to passive smoking ≥ 5 hrs per day were found to be statistically significant risks for cervical cancer with adjusted ORs of 3.75, 4.04 and 11.8, respectively. Our data suggest that the risk of cervical cancer in Thai women is substantially associated with smoking characteristics of the partner(s), the interval between menarche and first sexual intercourse as well as some other aspects of sexual behavior.

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“…Given the double standard involving the girls' premarital sexual experience, Thai girls may choose to adopt a basic social process of 'waiting for the right time' to avoid premarital sex. The process consists of three components: learning proper rules, planning her life's sexual path, and preserving virginity by not giving in to sexual temptation (Supametaporn, Stern, Rodcumdee, & Chaiyawat, 2010). An attitude against premarital sex may be said to underlie this social process.…”

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confidence: 99%

Mother-Daughter Relationships and an Attitude against Premarital Sex: The Mediating Effect of Buddhist Five Precepts

Ariyabuddhiphongs

Buaphoon

2013

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

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Though premarital sex among Thai young adults resulted in a large number of abortions and child mothers, university students were less likely than vocational students and out-of-school adolescents to have premarital sex. The authors believe that the university students' attitude against premarital sex is fostered through mother-daughter relationships and an observance of the Buddhist five precepts. To support this contention, the authors conducted a study among 198 female university undergraduate students and hypothesized that mother-daughter relationships were related to an attitude against premarital sex through the mediation effect of an observance of the five precepts. Results supported the research model, affirming the role of mother-daughter relationships in fostering an attitude against premarital sex, and suggesting that the five precepts have a protective effect in guarding against adverse health and life-changing risks among Thai adolescents.

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Waiting for the Right Time: How and Why Young Thai Women Manage to Avoid Heterosexual Intercourse

Cited by 6 publications

References 33 publications

What vartaibles including spirituality determine early sexual initiation among thai adolescents?

What vartaibles including spirituality determine early sexual initiation among thai adolescents?

Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer in Northeastern Thailand: Detailed Analyses of Sexual and Smoking Behavior

Mother-Daughter Relationships and an Attitude against Premarital Sex: The Mediating Effect of Buddhist Five Precepts

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