Volume : 6, Issue : 4, April - 2017

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN SEXUAL ATTITUDES AMONG ADOLESCENTS

Dr. Vijay Viegas, Mrs. Joslyn Henriques

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">The present study was intended to assess sexual attitudes among adolescents and to investigate whether there exists significant differences in sexual attitudes among adolescents with regard to the gender. The study was conducted on a sample of 100 adolescents &ndash; 50 of whom were males and 50 were females.&nbsp; The tools used included the Sexual Attitude Scales (S.A.S.)<b> - </b>by Amit Aaham. The obtained raw scores were analyzed using t-test. As hypothesized, s</span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">ignificant differences were observed in sexual attitudes and its dimensions </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">among adolescents </span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">with regard to gender.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif">&nbsp;</span></p>