In:
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, SAGE Publications, Vol. 9, No. 3 ( 1983-09), p. 387-396
Abstract:
A total of 111 men whose partners were either receiving an early first trimester abortion or obtaining contraception were compared on personality characteristics, attitudes toward sex-related topics, and variables describing their relationship with their partners. As predicted, the major differences between these groups were in the areas of attitudes and sexual relationship with partner. Men in the contraceptive group expressed more liberal attitudes toward sex and contraceptive practices as well as a higher frequency of coitus than the men in the abortion partner group. The data were further analyzed by dividing the abortion partner group into those men who had used contraception in the past and those who had not done so. The finding that more conservative attitudes toward sex-related topics are held by the noncontracepting men, particularly those involved with an abortion, lends support to Byrne's theoretical formulations concerning the importance of attitudes in determining contraceptive behavior.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0146-1672
,
1552-7433
DOI:
10.1177/0146167283093009
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1983
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2047603-6
SSG:
5,2
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