Sexual liberalism-conservatism: The effect of human values, gender, and previous sexual experience

摘要

Despite theoretical associations, there is a lack of empirical studies on the axiological basis of sexual liberalism- conservatism. Two studies demonstrated important associations between these constructs for young adults. In Study 1, participantswere 353 undergraduate studentswith amean age of 20.13 (SD=1.84), who completed the Sexual Liberalism-Conservatism Scale and the Basic Values Survey. In Study 2, participants were 269 undergraduate students, with amean age of 20.3 (SD= 1.82), who completed a social desirability scale in addition to Study 1 instruments.Results showedhowvalues can predict sexual liberalism-conservatism after controlling for social desirability. Attitudes towards one'sownsexual behaviorweremore conservativewhereas attitudes towards other's sexual behaviorwere more liberal. Genderwas not a significant predictor of sexual attitudes whereas previous sexual experience showed a significant association to this construct. In general, results corroborated previous findings, showing that participants with a tendency to present socially desirable answersalso tendedtopresentthemselves as sexually conservative.