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YEAR: 1992

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

The mystique of first intercourse among college youth: the role of partners,

contraceptive practices, and psychological reactions.

AUTHORS

Darling CA; Davidson JK Sr; Passarello LC

SOURCE

JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE. 1992 Feb;21(1):97-117.

ABSTRACT

Data on 114 females were compared with data on 94 males at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire to look at 1st

sexual intercourse as it pertains to gender differences. Age at 1st intercourse was <18 years. Men were more likely

to have ever masturbated than women (80% vs. 58.4%; p=.0001). 1st masturbation occurred around age 14, but the

period between 1st masturbation and 1st intercourse was shorter for women than men. Men reached orgasm more

often than women (98.9% vs. 84.2%; p=.0001). Women were more likely to have had their 1st intercourse with a

steady partner (66.1% vs. 43.5%; p=.001). The 1st sexual intercourse for a greater proportion of men was casual than

it was for women (acquaintance, 32.6% vs. 12.8%; person just met, 13% vs. 3.7%; p=.001). During 1st intercourse,

women's partners averaged 2 years older while those of men averaged 102 months older (p<.003). Women had more

subsequent intercourses with the 1st partner than did men (7.4 vs. 6; p<.05). Women agreed more strongly with the

statement no intercourse without love than men (61.4% vs. 28.7%; p=.0001). Women were more likely to have felt

coerced to have their 1st sexual intercourse than men (38.5% vs. 8.8%; p=.0001). Most students (women, 63.2%;

men, 57.4%) did not use birth control during 1st intercourse. Of those who did, most used condoms (82.9% and

52.5%, respectively). The leading reason for women not using a contraceptive was that the 1st intercourse was

unplanned (40.4%) and, for men, it was none was available (p=.006). Other significant gender differences (p=.006)

were men tended to be drunk and not care (6.8% vs. 1.8%), to be too excited (6.8% vs. 0), and consider it not their

problem (4.5% vs. 0). Women sometimes or constantly felt more guilty than men after 1st intercourse (56.3% vs.

40.4%; p=.011). Yet, women tended to feel less guilty about subsequent intercourses while men tended to feel more

guilty. Men were more likely to find their first sexual intercourse physiologically and psychologically satisfying than

women (80.6% vs. 28.3% and 67% vs. 28.3%, respectively) (p=.0001). (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT3T 1563-

06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "The mystique of first intercourse among college youth: the

role of partners, contraceptive practices, and psychological reactions.", is(are) Darling CA; Davidson JK Sr;

Passarello LC. The source of this article is "JOURNAL OF YOUTH AND ADOLESCENCE. 1992 Feb;21(1):97-117.".

This article was published in 1992 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT3T 1563-06. All

rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 11563

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