IRANIAN COLLEGE STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARD PREMARITAL SEX, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY BEFORE AND AFTER THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION

摘要

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine Iranian college students' attitudes toward premarital sex and marriage before and after the Islamic Revolution. Methods: Responses to a survey from 526 students at University of Shiraz in 2011 were compared to those from another study of 392 students from the same university who completed the same survey in 1977 (2 years before the Islamic Revolution). Results: No substantial changes were observed to indicate that college students adopted theocratic views on premarital sex and marriage after the Islamic Revolution. Conclusions: The Islamic regime's efforts to cultivate conservative attitudes toward sexuality and marriage have not achieved their goals.