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Nelson, James E.; Beatty, P. A. – 1974
A 48-item questionnaire was administered to all entering freshmen at two midwestern colleges (N=2,180). On the basis of a factor analysis, a six-term factor of premarital sexual experience and a four-item factor of attitude toward premarital sexual intercourse were isolated. Scores on one or both of these scales were found to be related to…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Freshmen
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Rubin, Alan M. – Human Communication Research, 1979
Examines the relationships between child and adolescent television use motivations and various sociodemographic characteristics, television viewing levels, program preference, and television attitudes. Viewing motivations include learning, passing time, companionship, escape, arousal, and relaxation. Discusses implications within the conceptual…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age, Attitudes, Audiences
Groth, Alexander J.; Schutz, Howard G. – 1976
To examine whether voting behavior is a good indicator of public opinion toward controversial issues such as nuclear power, a study was undertaken to assess the meaning of the defeat of Proposition 15 in California in June, 1976. Proposition 15 called for more stringent legislative regulation of the nuclear power industry. Specifically, the study…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes, Behavioral Science Research, Data Analysis