Dating and Sex Among Emerging Adults in Nepal

Regmi, Pramod R; Teijlingen, Edwin van; Simkhada, Padam; Acharya, Dev Raj

doi:10.1177/0743558410384735

Cited by 30 publications

(31 citation statements)

References 48 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Two Gesellschaft factors, urban conditions and university settings, are particularly suited for sexual exploration and independent negotiations of sexual relationships outside the authority of the family. Research in Nepal, for example, suggests that college students in urban settings have more opportunities to date and have more premarital sex than their counterparts in rural areas because barriers associated with family and community surveillance are removed, plus the social milieu provides settings such as cafes for dating (Regmi et al ). Similar trends are found among indigenous Maya college students in Chiapas, Mexico (Manago ).…”

Section: The Evidencementioning

confidence: 99%

Changing Cultural Pathways through Gender Role and Sexual Development: A Theoretical Framework

Manago¹,

Greenfield

Kim³

et al. 2014

Ethos

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Greenfield's (2009) theory linking sociodemographic change to dynamic cultural values for family interdependence versus individual independence is applied to sexual and gender role socialization and development. The theory explains how cultural pathways for sexual and gender-role development transform in concert with sociodemographic changes: urbanization, formal schooling, capitalism, and communication technologies.As environments become more urban, commercial, and technological, with more opportunities for formal education, sexual development moves away from the ideals of procreation and family responsibility and toward the ideals of personal pleasure and personal responsibility. At the same time, gender-role development moves away from the ideals of complementary and ascribed gender roles and toward chosen and equal gender roles.We present psychological, anthropological, and sociological evidence for these trends in a variety of communities undergoing social and ecological change. [culture change, gender, sexuality, socialization, values, cultural psychology]Culture gives meaning and purpose to biological changes associated with reaching reproductive maturity. Indeed, many societies inscribe puberty with qualities that signify progress toward ideals of womanhood and manhood. Among the Zinacantec Maya in Chiapas, Mexico, for example, puberty traditionally marks a time when a girl is preparing to be a good wife, mother, and daughter-in-law through domestic apprenticeship. She becomes an adult woman when her family accepts the request of marriage from a suitor and his elders and then begins to bear children and make tortillas from the corn her husband cultivates (Fishburne 1962). By comparison, in the United States, puberty signals that a girl is a teenager, attending high school, hanging out with friends, and beginning to date. Among middle-class segments of U.S. society, she will be considered a fully adult woman when she can support herself financially (see Arnett 2010 for a discussion of self-sufficiency as a cultural belief underlying pathways to adulthood in the United States and the differences among youth of various social classes).Differing pathways to adulthood begin to give an impression of the interconnected nature of sexual development, gender-role development, cultural values, and the economic and social structures of a society (Schlegel 1989). Sexual maturation proceeds in concert with

show abstract

Section: The Evidencementioning

confidence: 99%

Changing Cultural Pathways through Gender Role and Sexual Development: A Theoretical Framework

Manago¹,

Greenfield

Kim³

et al. 2014

Ethos

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Semi-structured interviews are seen as especially suited to the in-depth study of HIV-related perceptions and behaviours, as well as to the exploration of life-style and contextual parameters (Power, 2002). Semi-structured questions provide personal data not easily accessible via quantitative techniques (Braun & Clarke, 2006;van Teijlingen, Simkhada, & Acharya, 2011), and can be used to guide questionnaire development in larger-scale quanti tative studies (Power, 2002).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors shaping condom use among South African university students: a thematic analysis

Protogerou

Flisher

Wild

2014

Journal of Psychology in Africa

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study aimed to investigate contextual influences on condom use by South African university students. Twenty one-toone, semi-structured interviews were conducted with male and female South African undergraduates. The data were thematically analysed. Results revealed that condom use was transient and often unrelated to disease prevention. Condom use was impeded by closer perceived intimacy, gender dynamics, and social stigma against proposing use of condoms in a presumably committed relationship. Public health policies regarding condom, pill and injection pricing / promotion, and religious toleration also hampered condom use, by encouraging a preference over hormonal contraception or proscribing contraceptive measures altogether. The results provide a basis for considering the impact of immediate and wider social contexts on condom use, as proposed by socio-ecological models of HIV risk behaviour.

show abstract

“…Moreover, focus groups often facilitate conversation on sensitive or high-involvement topics that people are usually reluctant to talk about (Zeller, 1993). Indeed, focus groups have been used previously in the investigation of dating and sexuality among adolescents and emerging adult groups (Noel, Ogle, Maisto, & Jackson, 2016; Olivari, Confalonieri, & Ionio, 2011; Olivari, Cuccì & Confalonieri, 2017; Regmi, van Teijlingen, Simkhada, & Acharya, 2011). …”

Section: Aim Of Current Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

To seek or not to seek advice: Talking about romantic issues during emerging adulthood

et al. 2018

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The aim of the study was to explore whether and how emerging adults talk about their romantic relationships with their close others, especially their parents and friends, also considering gender differences. Data were collected via eight single-sex focus groups conducted with 50 Italian emerging adults (aged 18–25), and were analyzed using thematic analysis. Two main themes emerged. The first was labeled “to seek advice”, which was divided into three subthemes: “I look for different points of view,” “I treasure other people’s words,” and “I listen and then do it my own way.” The second theme was “to not seek advice,” which was divided into two subthemes: “I do not need comparison” and “I need to choose on my own.” The findings revealed that close friends, more than parents, are important interlocutors for discussions on romantic relationships, and few gender differences were found. Furthermore, we can speculate that emerging adults’ reasons for seeking advice or not could relate to their autonomy and relatedness needs.

show abstract

Dating and Sex Among Emerging Adults in Nepal

Cited by 30 publications

References 48 publications

Changing Cultural Pathways through Gender Role and Sexual Development: A Theoretical Framework

Changing Cultural Pathways through Gender Role and Sexual Development: A Theoretical Framework

Factors shaping condom use among South African university students: a thematic analysis

To seek or not to seek advice: Talking about romantic issues during emerging adulthood

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About