Sexual Attitudes among Hispanic College Students: Differences between Males and Females

Parent-Child Relationship and Smoking Among College Students: Role of Parents in Females’ and Males’ Smoking Behavior

Objective: Youth smoking has long been a major concern at individual, familial, and national levels. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the role of parent-child relationship in the smoking behavior and smoking intensity among college students. We also aimed to investigate gender-specific variations in the association between mother-child and father-child relationships and smoki...

Young adult sexual health: current and prior sexual behaviours among non-Hispanic white US college students.

BACKGROUND Less is known about the sexual health of young adults than about adolescents, despite 20 to 24-year-olds' greater risk of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmissible infections. This paper provides information on college students' prior and current sexual practices including oral sex, vaginal intercourse, anal intercourse and masturbation. METHODS We analysed data from a cross-...

Sexual hookups among college students: sex differences in emotional reactions.

The purpose of the study was to test four predictions derived from evolutionary (sexual strategies) theory. The central hypothesis was that men and women possess different emotional mechanisms that motivate and evaluate sexual activities. Consequently, even when women express indifference to emotional involvement and commitment and voluntarily engage in casual sexual relations, their goals, the...

Sexual Assault and Rape Among College Students.

• Approximately 1 of every 6 US women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime. Approximately 1 in 33 USmen has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape. • College-aged women are 4 times more likely to be sexually assaulted compared with any other age group. • Most sexual assault victims in college know their attacker. • Approximately 11% of male college st...

Gender and Ethnic Differences Among College Students