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virginity pledge effect: a standalone construct

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Sociology

the finding that adolescents' public pledges to abstain from sex delay first intercourse mainly where pledgers form a minority identity within their school.

In sociology, virginity pledge effect refers to the finding that adolescents' public pledges to abstain from sex delay first intercourse mainly where pledgers form a minority identity within their school. This meaning comes from Bearman (2001) in American Journal of Sociology.[1]

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form4 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs identity6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs pledge2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two carriers

References

Bearman, P. S., & Brückner, H. (2001). Promising the Future: Virginity Pledges and First Intercourse. American Journal of Sociology, 106(4), 859-912. https://doi.org/10.1086/320295

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