Het verband tussen traditionele SDS-attituden van ouders en traditionele SDS-stereotypen in de adolescent en de rol van sekse van de adolescent

Abstract

This study investigated parental SDS-attitudes about the Sexual Double Standard [SDS], adolescent gender and the interaction between them in relation to implicit SDS-stereotypes from adolescents between 16 to 20 years old. SDS-stereotypes include different expectations about the sexual behavior of boys/men and girls/women. Parental SDS-attitudes can be defined as approving sexual behavior in girls and boys. Implicit SDS-stereotypes refer to stereotypes that a person is less aware of and they are better predictors of behavior than explicit SDS-stereotypes. The participants (N = 580) were high school students living in the Netherlands (M = 17.38, SD = 1.59, 41,2 % men). Participants filled out an online survey in the classroom of their school, to assess their SDS-stereotypes. The SDS-stereotypes were measured by an implicit association task (IAT). This validated task measured automatic associations between sexually active and sexually passive concepts and male and female names. Besides that, adolescents answered questions about their parents’ attitudes about the SDS, using the Scale for the Assessment of Sexual Standards among Youth (SASSY). A hierarchical multiple regression analysis was performed. Results indicate that parents’ SDS-attitudes did not significantly predict adolescents’ SDS-stereotypes. Adolescent gender was not a significant predictor of adolescents’ SDS-stereotypes either. This means, there is no difference in the relation between parental SDS-attitudes and SDS-stereotypes from adolescents for boys and girls. The results highlight the similarities between boys and girls in the predictors of SDS-stereotypes. Interventions focused on the SDS should therefore not distinguish between gender.