When critiquing the article, Sexual Satisfaction and Sexual Health Among University Students in the United States, there are many aspects to address. Beginning with the authors’ written purpose and their choice of preexisting literature and its relevance to the study. This analysis will also examine the sample population, the accuracy of its representation and biases. Followed by a discussion of the research design and threats to validity and ethics. Analyzing the methods and instrument of collecting data will examination of how the variables are incorporated in the study. The final analysis will be related to how these aspects are interpreted and discussed in the papers results and conclusion sections.
Statement of purpose
The article starts with background information leading up to the purpose statement midway through the second page. The four purposes of the article are clearly stated: the first two parts correlate studies of sexual satisfaction between males and females, then compares adults to young adults.
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data collection method was a one-time study presented to the sample truthfully stated as a study about college students and their sexual attitudes and behaviors. The students were given the option of participating or returning the survey blank. Though there was no incentive to complete the questionnaire, the students were allocated class time. Since it was a one-time survey, there was no pre-test or exposure to the questions in advance, nor a threat of maturation. The survey administration method did not change, nor were any alterations to the questions mentioned. The students who participated were not selected individually: the classes, in which they completed the surveys in, were chosen to gain a variety of majors and collegiate years in the sample population. The immediacy of the survey ensures the mortality did not affect the study, and since the study did not involve treatment, many other questions to internal validity can be
Communication: A Series of National Surveys of Teens about Sex. Menlo Park, CA: Henry J. Kaiser
Everyone has an opinion about sexuality education. From vocal parents at PTA meetings to state governors who must decide whether to apply for federal funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs or more comprehensive sexuality programs, or both, or neither. From school pri...
hand out questionnaires that students are encouraged to fill out concerning their sexual behavior because of no previously recorded research. However, many students failed to respond and Kinsey decided to conduct i...
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They base their findings on the National Health and Social Life Survey, which found that those born after 1942 were “more sexually active at younger ages” than those born from 1933-42, and the trend toward greater sexual activity among young people “appears to halt or reverse” among those born from 1963-72. In addition to these facts, an English survey of more than 14,000 students from 19 universities and colleges about their hookup, dating, and relationship experiences revealed that 72% of students experience a hookup at least once by their senior year in college, but hooking up hasn’t replaced committed relationships and is not a new concept to young adults. The evidence is convincing and shows that students often participate in both at different times during college (69% of heterosexual students participated in a relationship lasting at least 6 months by senior year as well.) Based on this, the amount of hookups and committed relationship by college students seems to even out over
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Polit, D., & Beck, C. (2006). Essentials of nursing research: appraising evidence for nursing practice (7th ed.). Phildelphia: Lippencott Wilkins & Williams.
The articles, published after 1996, contain varied methods of research attainment, but share similarities such as being a self-survey, having a small sample size, and being
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...the data did not involve member checking thus reducing its robustness and enable to exclude researcher’s bias. Although a constant comparative method was evident in the discussion which improved the plausibility of the final findings. Themes identified were well corroborated but not declared was anytime a point of theoretical saturation Thus, the published report was found to be particularly strong in the area of believability and dependability; less strong in the area of transferability; and is weak in the area of credibility and confirmability, although, editorial limitations can be a barrier in providing a detailed account (Craig & Smyth, 2007; Ryan, Coughlan, & Cronin, 2007).
(1985) Sexual education and sexual experience among adolescents. American Journal of Public Health: Vol. 78, No. 1, pp. 113-117. 75, No. 58, No.
The first topic that was approached in this essay was sexual desire among men, women, gays, and lesbians. The research concluded that men have more sexual desire than women. Men not only have more sexual desire, but they also have more interest in sex, sex fantasies, and spend more money on sexual products like porn and prostitutes. Another subject that was brought up was that in heterosexual relationships the man in the relationship wants to have more sex, but ultimately has to compromise with their female partner. Lesbian relationships has reported that they have sex less often then in gay or heterosexual relationship, which makes sense since women tend to have a lower sex drive.
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Sexual Health Education has been a debated topic since its beginning. Many parents feel that exposing young people to things such as anatomy, condoms, reproduction etc. only encourages sexual activity. Gaining sexual knowledge ca...
According to the Advocates for Youth organization, “sex education is the cause of healthy sexual behavior and results in the decline of teen pregnancy.” This could be because sex education teaches young people about sex from a biological and scientific standpoint. Thus, explaining why teens physically feel a certain way when puberty happens. It answers lingering questions about the b...