Promising the Future: Virginity Pledges and First Intercourse1

By P. Bearman, Hannah Brückner. American Journal of Sociology, 2001

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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‘We didn't cover that at school’: education against pleasure or education for pleasure? (2005, background): “5 Although it would clearly be beneficial to do so, the incidence of early conception and STIs is such that sample sizes and associated costs would need to be substantially increased to obtain sufficient data. 6 One study that does have relevant data with biological markers is not an assessment of”
Religious Involvement and Transitions into Adolescent Sexual Activities (2009, background): “Studies consistently show that religious involvement is more strongly associated with the sexual behaviors of females (Bearman and Bruckner 2001; Rostosky, et al. 2004; Regnerus 2007).”
Normative Sexuality Development in Adolescence: A Decade in Review, 2000–2009 (2011, background): “Thus, to be effective, pledging had to be pervasive enough to constitute group membership, but not so pervasive that it was no longer a distinguishing characteristic (Bearman & Brückner, 2001).”
Chapter 2 - Optimal Distinctiveness Theory: A Framework for Social Identity, Social Cognition, and Intergroup Relations (2010, background): “In another study, Bearman and Brückner (2001) investigated adolescents’ commitment to public virginity pledges, where individuals make a public commitment to abstaining from sex until marriage.”
The Impact of Religiosity on Adolescent Sexual Behavior: (2004, methodology): “Bearman and Bruckner (2001), in an analysis of Wave I and II of the Add Health data, used a composite score based on three items: frequency of praying, church attendance, and importance of religion.”
Social Relationships and Health Behavior Across Life Course (2010, background): “Indeed, the positions of young people in their social networks and the norms and values of their friends and romantic partners are strong predictors of whether they engage in healthy or unhealthy behaviors (Bearman & Bruckner 2001, Gaughan 2006).”
Adolescents involvement in non-romantic sexual activity. (2005, background): “Teens raised in religious families are expected to have lower odds of experiencing non-romantic sexual experiences because of the traditional emphasis on valuing virginity at marriage (Bearman and Bruckner, 2000).”
Religious affiliation religiosity and male and female fertility. (2008, background): “In general, a number of religious doctrines are linked to delayed sexual debut and entry into cohabitation, and more positive attitudes toward entering marital unions and having children (Bearman and Bruckner 2001; Lehrer 2004; Marchena and Waite 2001).”
Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States (2004, unknown): “…abuse and juvenile delinquency (Donahue and Benson 1995); a lower incidence of depression among some groups (Harker 2001); delayed sexual debut (Bearman and Bruckner 2001) and entry into cohabitation (Lehrer 2004a); more positive attitudes toward marriage and having children, and more negative…”
The Parent-Child Relationship and Opportunities for Adolescents’ First Sex (2006, background): “All direct paths and all paths included in the calculation of indirect effects are significant at the .05 level or greater. ing adolescents’abstinence pledges (Bearman & Brückner, 2001) and dating patterns (Meier, 2003).”