联合国教科文组织国际生命伦理学委员会第七届会议报告

在厄瓜多尔政府的盛情邀请下,国际生命伦理学委员会(IBC)第七届会议于2000年11月7～9日在基多举行。来自50个国家的170余名学者到会。IBC讨论了两个工作小组关于胚胎干细胞研究伦理学问题及在人类基因组研究中发达国家与发展中国家之间的团结与合作问题的报告。几位专家召开了一次主题为“生命伦理学教育”的圆桌会议。IBC还就人类基因组研究中经济方面的问题召开了一次工作会议。     

Premarital Sexual Debut in Emerging Adults of South Asian Descent: The Role of Parental Sexual Socialization and Sexual Attitudes

Ethnicity is an important factor in premarital sexual debut as norms regarding appropriate sexual conduct outside of marriage vary considerably across cultures. Emerging adults of South Asian descent living in Western societies are an important demographic group, yet little is known about the factors that contribute to variations in their premarital sexual debut. The goal of this study was to investigate the contributions of parental sexual socialization and attitudes toward premarital sexual behaviors to premarital sexual debut in emerging adults of South Asian descent. University students of South Asian descent (N = 87) aged 18–24 completed a questionnaire containing measures of parental attitudes toward premarital sexual behaviors, their own attitudes toward premarital sexual behaviors, and experience with oral sex and intercourse. Mediation analyses showed that perceptions of mothers’ as more permissive toward premarital sexual behaviors was associated with respondents reporting more permissive attitudes toward premarital sexual behaviors, which in turn was associated with a greater likelihood of having engaged in oral sex and intercourse. No significant effect was found for fathers. These findings suggest that parental sexual socialization may influence emerging adults of South Asian descent’s decision to engage in premarital sexual behaviors through the process of sexual attitudes formation.