Sexist Attitudes in Adolescents: Prevalence and Associated Factors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Population and Sample
2.3. Procedure
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
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Variable | Variable Values | N | % |
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Sex | Women | 368 | 51.0 |
Men | 353 | 49.0 | |
Missing values | 2 | ||
Home country | Spain | 574 | 80.4 |
Other countries | 140 | 19.6 | |
Missing values | 9 | ||
Education center | Public | 582 | 80.5 |
Private | 141 | 19.5 | |
Course | First course Bachillerato | 601 | 83.1 |
Second course Bachillerato | 122 | 16.9 | |
Type of discipline | Science | 324 | 45.1 |
Humanities | 394 | 54.9 | |
Missing values | 5 | ||
Mother’s education | Non-university | 491 | 68.7 |
University | 224 | 31.3 | |
Missing values | 8 | ||
Mother’s employment status | Active | 605 | 84.6 |
Non active | 110 | 15.4 | |
Missing values | 8 | ||
Mother lives with a partner | No | 160 | 22.4 |
Yes | 555 | 77.6 | |
Missing values | 8 | ||
Father’s education | Non-university | 517 | 74.8 |
University | 174 | 25.2 | |
Missing values | 32 | ||
Father’s working status | Active | 611 | 88.7 |
Non active | 78 | 11.3 | |
Missing values | 34 | ||
Father lives with a partner | No | 120 | 17.4 |
Yes | 569 | 82.6 | |
Missing values | 34 |
Component | Inherent Values | % of the Variance | % Cumulated | Variables | Rotated Component Matrix | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2856 | 35.695 | 35.695 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
2 | 1574 | 19.679 | 55.374 | Video gender violence | 0.882 | −0.022 | −0.015 |
3 | 1135 | 14.190 | 69.564 | Video sexual abuse | 0.770 | −0.154 | −0.018 |
Story gender violence | 0.799 | −0.104 | 0.048 | ||||
Story sexual abuse | 0.600 | −0.391 | 0.168 | ||||
Video Boy’s conduct | −0.289 | 0.750 | 0.163 | ||||
Story Boy’s conduct | −0.042 | 0.912 | −0.010 | ||||
Video Girl’s conduct | 0.063 | 0.155 | 0.821 | ||||
Story Girl’s conduct | 0.009 | −0.057 | 0.875 |
Explicit Attitudes | Implicit Attitudes | |||||||
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EVAMVE | EARG | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | |||||
Variables | m ± sd | p | m ± sd | p | m ± sd | p | m ± sd | p |
Sex: | ||||||||
Male (n = 330) Female (n = 353) | 31.1 ± 8.6 25.5 ± 5.0 | 0.000 | 33.2 ± 8.6 26.9 ± 6.2 | 0.000 | 16.8 ± 7.2 13.4 ± 6.9 | 0.000 | 3.3 ± 2.4 2.6 ± 2.1 | 0.000 |
Country of birth: | ||||||||
Spain (n = 547) Others (n = 135) | 27.4 ± 6.7 31.5 ± 9.3 | 0.000 | 29.2 ± 7.5 32.7 ± 9.6 | 0.000 | ||||
Type of school: | ||||||||
Public (n = 552) Private (n = 131) | 30.3 ± 8.4 28.5 ± 6.8 | 0.010 | 15.3 ± 7.1 13.9 ± 7.5 | 0.036 | ||||
Mother’s education: | ||||||||
Non-university (n = 468) University (n = 215) | 15.4 ± 7.4 14.1 ± 6.7 | 0.025 | ||||||
Father’s education: | ||||||||
Non-university (n = 495) University (n = 168) | 15.4 ± 7.4 13.8 ± 6.2 | 0.006 |
Items |
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Have you ever consumed pornography? |
Have you consumed pornography during the last 30 days? |
Do you consider that sexual practices seen in pornography are similar to normal sexual practices? |
Do you believe that pornography has had an influence on your relationship with your partner? |
Level | N | % |
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0.00 (very low) | 50 | 10.9 |
0.25 (low) | 167 | 36.3 |
0.50 (medium) | 153 | 33.3 |
0.75 (high) | 60 | 13.0 |
1.00 (very high) | 30 | 6.5 |
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Vila-Cortavitarte, E.; Díaz-Gómez, N.M.; Díaz-Gómez, J.M. Sexist Attitudes in Adolescents: Prevalence and Associated Factors. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12329. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912329
Vila-Cortavitarte E, Díaz-Gómez NM, Díaz-Gómez JM. Sexist Attitudes in Adolescents: Prevalence and Associated Factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12329. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912329
Chicago/Turabian StyleVila-Cortavitarte, Elena, N. Marta Díaz-Gómez, and José Miguel Díaz-Gómez. 2022. "Sexist Attitudes in Adolescents: Prevalence and Associated Factors" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12329. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912329