Relatie tussen ouderlijke attituden, ouderlijke regels en peernormen omtrent expliciete SDS-stereotypen.

Abstract

The aim was to investigate the effect of parental attitudes and rules and peer norms on the explicit Sexual Double Standard (SDS)-stereotypes of the adolescent. In addition, a distinction has been made between boys and girls. In this present study, adolescents have given their point of view on parental attitudes, parental rules and peer norms (injunctive norms, descriptive norms and peer pressure), all regarding the SDS. It was expected that both parents’ attitudes, parental rules and peer norms were positively related to the explicit SDS-stereotypes. In this study, 259 adolescents (53% female) between 16 and 18 years old (M = 16.88, SD = 0.78) were asked to complete a questionnaire related to the parental attitudes, parental rules and peer norms (injunctive norms, descriptive norms and peer pressure). In total, seven schools participated in this study. Results show that the parental attitudes were related to the explicit SDS-stereotypes. This means that when the parental attitudes concerning SDS are not traditional, the explicit SDS-stereotypes of the adolescents were traditional. In addition, a relation between injunctive norms and the explicit SDS-stereotypes was found indicating that traditional injunctive norms are associated with traditional SDS-stereotypes. No significant effect of gender on SDS-stereotypes was observed. The conclusion of the present study is that the parental attitudes and injunctive peer norms are related to the explicit SDS-stereotypes of the adolescent, whereas other variables including parental rules, descriptive peer norms and peer pressure are not related to these explicit SDS-stereotypes.