Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Rayburn, Allison Claire
Author's Email Address	aberry3@lsu.edu
URN	etd-12182006-123257
Title	The Relationship Between Premarital Sexual Behaviors and the State of the Marriage
Degree	Master of Science (M.S.)
Department	Human Ecology
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Loren Marks Committee Chair Joan Benedict Committee Member Sarah Pierce Committee Member
Keywords	abstinence marital satisfaction marital stability premarital sex
Date of Defense	2006-12-11
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract The current study examined the possible relationship between premarital sexual behaviors and the state of the marriage as reported by women. Participants were recruited from local Southern Baptist churches and were sent an anonymous mail-out questionnaire; 36 women returned questionnaires that were usable for analyses. Bivariate correlations for the variables that were considered demonstrated that the number of premarital sexual intercourse partners for the participant and her husband were strongly and negatively correlated to marital satisfaction, marital stability, low divorce thoughts, and feelings about the marriage. An analysis of variance showed that the women who experienced premarital sex (intercourse or oral sex) with at least one noncommitted partner had lower marital satisfaction than the women who did not experience premarital sex with a noncommitted partner.
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