Relationship between sexual attitudes and parental rearing styles among college students

ObjectiveTo explore the characteristics of college students'sexual attitudes and the relationship between parental rearing styles and college students'sexual attitudes.MethodsA survey was conducted among 455 college students in Yunnan with a self-designed sexual attitudes scale for college student and Egma Minnen av Bardndosnauppforstran.ResultsThe male students showed higher scores than those of the female for open tendency(3.41±0.87 vs 2.72±0.71),emotional tendency(3.16±0.95 vs 2.83±0.93),and requirement tendecny(3.84±0.84 vs 3.59±0.83) (P<0.01 for all).Whereas the female stuents had a higher score in avoidence tendency than the male(2.76±0.67 vs 2.37±0.83,P<0.001).The sophomores had a higher score for open tendency than the freshmen(3.12±0.87 vs 2.77±0.75,P<0.001).The sexual attitude of the students was not significantly influenced by their majors,living places, their parents'occupation and their fathers'education(all P>0.05),but influenced by their mothers'education.Father and mother's rearing styles had a predictive effect on college students'sexual attitude.ConclusionParental rearing styles influence the formation and development of sexual attitude among college students.