Document Type : Original Article
Authors
Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Young people’s attitudes toward marriage have been undergone changes in
recent years and it seems to be contradicting in the struggle between conservative and modern
liberal attitudes. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the attitude of new grooms toward intact
hymen in Kerman.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional study has been conducted on 790 new grooms
in Kerman, Iran. In this study, we examined the attitudes in two aspects of sexual norm and personal
attitude toward premarital relationships in new grooms. The sampling method was purposive sampling
and the data were analyzed using t‑test and analysis of variance.
RESULTS: The results of this study have showed a more conservative sexual attitude toward
the sexual norms of premarital sex. The average score of the participants in the sexual norm and
personal attitude was, respectively 15.86 and 48.15, indicating that their conservative views have
been overcome. Most of the samples (90%) have believed in required preserving virginity before
marriage, and 82% believed in virginity as the most valuable asset of the girls. In this study, the
conservative attitudes of men were inversely related with their age and were directly related with
perceived sexual norm and the level of affinity to religious affairs.
CONCLUSION: According to the results of this study, conservative attitudes toward premarital
relationships are predominating in new grooms, but this is not generalized. The conservative attitude
of new grooms may have harmful effects on their interpersonal behaviors after marriage, which
requires purposeful training.
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