1. 47% of U.S. high school students have had sexual intercourse
40% of those sexually active students are not using condoms (Eaton et al., 2012)
Method
A survey was posted online
using the software system
Qualtrics. Participants were
recruited by announcements
made in classrooms at a
southeastern university and
with an advertisement on a
social media website. A total
of 275 participants took the
survey and the researchers’
University Institutional
Review Board approved all
procedures.
Research Questions
 Amount of time a father
spends with their child influence
their sexual debut and attitudes
about sexuality?
 Presence or quality of a
father’s discussion about sexual
health with his child influence
sexual debut or the child’s
attitudes about sexuality?
 Positive correlation between the amount of time the father
spent with the child and the delay of the child’s sexual debut
 Positive correlation between the amount of time the father
spent with their child and their views on masturbation, birth
control, and sex education.
traveling over night resulted in in less positive attitudes about
casual sexuality.
 Significant negative relationships were found with the child’s
attitudes about casual sexuality and presence of discussion with
father about sex.
Results