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Do sexuality standards affect how similar people rate themselves to stories illustrating sexuality standards?
For the Oklahoma Sample, three different vignettes were used to illustrate three points on the sexuality standards continuum: Abstinence, Permissiveness with Affection and Permissiveness without Affection. Each subject sorted 18 adjectives to describe "Self" and each vignette character. The correlations between self ratings and their ratings of the vignettes are presented below for each of the sexuality standard groups. Positive correlations mean that they rated self as being similar to the vignette. Negative correlations mean that their self ratings were opposite of how they rated the vignette. Correlations near zero mean that there is no relationship between their self ratings and ratings of the vignette.
Vignette Main Effects, Oklahoma Sample
The vignette main effect was statistically significant (f (2, 142) = 100.69, p < .001).
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Tukey's post hoc comparisons indicated that the sample rated themselves as being more similar to the Abstinence vignette (mean = .48) and the Permissiveness with Affection vignette (mean = .50) than the Permissiveness without Affection vignette (mean = -.07). There were no significant differences in self-vignette correlations between the Abstinence and Permissiveness with Affection self-vignette ratings (p > .05). This indicated that both Abstinence and Permissiveness with Affection are acceptable sexuality standards for the Oklahoma participants.
The sexuality standard by vignette interaction effect was also
statistically significant (f (4, 84) = 10.54, p
= < .001, partial omega squared = .33).
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For the group who requires engagement or marriage prior to sex (the > Love group), the simple effect for vignette was large (partial omega squared = .24) and statistically significant (f (2, 84) = 13.37, p = < .001. Post hoc analyses indicate that the > Love group rated the abstinence vignette (mean = .69) as significantly more similar to self than the Permissiveness with Affection vignette (mean = .18) which in turn was rated as more similar to self than the Permissiveness without Affection vignette (mean = -.27).
For the group who requires love prior to sex (the Love group), the simple effect for vignette was large (partial omega squared = .36) and statistically significant (f (2, 84) = 24.05, p = < .001). Post hoc comparisons indicate that the Love group rated the Abstinence vignette (mean = .47) and the Permissiveness with Affection vignette (mean = .51) as significantly more similar to self then the Permissiveness without Affection vignette (mean = -.09).
For the group who requires friendship or casual acquaintance prior to sex (the < Love group), the simple effect for vignette was also large (partial omega squared = .24) and significant (f (2, 84) = 13.36, p = < .001). Post hoc comparisons indicate that the < Love group rated the Permissiveness with Affection vignette (mean = .61) as more similar to self than the Abstinence vignette (mean = .38) which in turn was rated as more similar to self than the Permissiveness without Affection vignette (mean = .11).
One additional vignette was also included in the Oklahoma sample that described a married couple who enjoy sex together. All three sexuality standards groups rated the Married-Sex vignette as being similar to self: > Love group mean = .32, Love group mean = .39 and the < Love group mean = .45. The groups did not differ in how they rated the Married-Sex vignette. This indicates that that more than likely it was the absence of love and commitment that influenced their ratings of the Permissiveness without Affection vignette rather than the presence of sex in that vignette.
There was some concern about carry over effects in the Oklahoma study since in that study each participant rated each vignette, so in the Texas sample, each participant rated only one sexuality standards vignette.
Vignette Main Effects, Texas Sample
The vignette main effect was also statistically significant for the Texas sample (f (4, 337) = 25.2, p = < .001).
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Tukey HSD post hoc comparisons indicate that participants rated the Engaged/Abstinence vignette as more like self than the Engaged/Sex vignette and the Love/Sex vignette which were rated as more similar to self than the Liking/Sex vignette and the Just met/Sex Vignette (p < .05). This indicates that overall, both Abstinence and Permissiveness with Affection are acceptable sexuality standards for the Texas participants.
Vignette by Sexuality Standard Groups, Texas Sample
The sexuality standard group by vignette interaction was statistically significant (f (8, 338) = 5.62, p < .001), but smaller than for the Oklahoma sample (partial omega squared = .12).
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Simple effects indicate that people who require engagement or
marriage prior to sex (the > Love group) perceived the vignettes
differently (f (4, 338) = 23.88, p < .001, partial
omega squared = .22). Post hoc comparisons indicate that the >
love group rated the Abstinence vignette as significantly more
like self than the other vignettes.
People who require love prior to sex (the Love group) also differed in their perceptions of the vignettes (f (4, 338) = 15.47, p < .001, partial omega squared = .15). Post hoc comparisons indicate that the Love group rated the Engaged/no sex vignette as signficantly more like self than the sex/engaged or sex/love vignettes which in turn were rated as significantly more like self than the Liking/sex and Just met/sex vignettes.
For the group who require friendship or casual acquaintance prior
to sex, the simple effect for vignette was also significant (f
(4, 338) = 2.56, p = .04) however this effect was small
(partial omega squared = .03). Post hoc comparisons indicate that
there were no differences in ratings between the vignettes for
the < Love group.
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