Drinking alcohol raises the chance of premarital sex by four folds among secondary school adolescent students in Jima Arjo, Southwestern Ethiopia, 2018: a school-based cross-sectional study [PDF]
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine, 2022 Background Premarital sexual practice is sexual intercourse performed before formal marriage. Pre-marital sexual practice increases adolescents’ risk for having multiple sexual partners, (sexually transmitted disease) STDs, and unintended pregnancy ...
Bayisa Biratu +3 more
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Sex differences in the association of childhood sexual abuse severity with premarital sex among Chinese college students in Luzhou, China [PDF]
BMC Public HealthPurpose The adverse health consequences of premarital sex and childhood sexual abuse (CSA) are both global public health problems. Based on a random sample of college students from a Chinese city, this study investigated the relationship between CSA ...
Zhang Rong +6 more
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Impact of digital exposure on premarital sex and contraception use among unmarried Indian youth [PDF]
Contraception and Reproductive MedicineBackground Premarital sex in India is hugely stigmatized. With the widespread use of mobile phones and the internet, attitudes and behaviors towards premarital sexual activities are inevitably shifting.
Pragati Dattatraya Ubale +4 more
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Effectiveness of a mobile application for reducing premarital sex risk factors among adolescents [PDF]
BMC Public HealthBackground Premarital sex results in an increase in unwanted pregnancy, abortion, and sexually transmitted diseases in adolescents. Premarital sex causes not only physical health but also mental health.
Sunsanee Mekrungrongwong +2 more
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Re-Examining the Link Between Premarital Sex and Divorce. [PDF]
J Fam Issues, 2021 Objective: This study re-examined the relationship between premarital sex and divorce risk, with a focus on selection mechanisms, number of premarital partners, and gender differences.Background: Premarital sex predicts divorce, but we do not know why.
Smith J, Wolfinger NH.
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Challenging the stigma of premarital sex in urban Afghanistan. [PDF]
Cult Health Sex, 2022 Premarital sex is normatively unacceptable in Afghanistan, yet rapid social and cultural transformation in the country may be changing these traditional norms. In dialogue with cross-national scholarship, we examine attitudes toward premarital sex and experience of premarital sexual behaviours among urban Afghan youth.
Sadeghi R, Agadjanian V.
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Premarital sex and pregnancy in Greater Jakarta [PDF]
Genus, 2020 Social taboos and stigmas around sexuality and non-marital sex in Indonesia have led to substantial underreporting of the prevalence of premarital sex. In this study, we explore underreporting amongst young adults in Greater Jakarta.
James O’Donnell +2 more
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Attitudes and Behavior Feedback Loops for Young Women’s Premarital Sex [PDF]
SociusSociologists have long been puzzled by whether attitudes inform behaviors or vice versa. Accurately assessing both possibilities requires panel data collected at relatively short intervals.
Michelle A. Eilers
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Cogent Social Sciences, 2023 The rate of premarital sexual activities among adolescent students of secondary schools especially in developing nations like Nigeria is alarming and has continued to generate public attention.
Paulinus S. Okah +4 more
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SAGE Open, 2018 Premarital sex and premarital childbearing is a source of stigma in many African communities and can negatively affect adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health experiences.
Sylvia Esther Gyan
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