Music'S Dual Influence On Dyadic Behaviors

Keywords

intact families; music; sexual attitudes; sexual behaviors

Abstract

The current study tested a mechanism through which music serves as a model of intimate relationship behaviors for those from noncontinuously intact family structures. The current study theorized that music would both mediate and moderate the relationship between family structure and risky sexual behaviors. Participants included 357 emerging adults who came from married, divorced, reconstituted, and never-married households. Results of hierarchical regression analyses confirmed that sexual lyrical content serves as a moderator between parental marital status and sexual behaviors of participants from noncontinuously intact homes, supporting the notion that those from noncontinuously intact homes seek models of intimate relationship behaviors outside of their family unit. This was found especially for age at first date, number of dating partners, and number of sexual partners for those from reconstituted and never-married households. A Test of Joint Significance confirmed the mediational influence of music in that sexual lyrical content in music influenced the sexual attitudes of participants, which, in turn, influenced their sexual behaviors.

Publication Date

8-18-2015

Publication Title

Marriage and Family Review

Volume

51

Issue

6

Number of Pages

544-563

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2015.1060285

Socpus ID

84940199405 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84940199405

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