• DOI:10.1177/002071526200300112
• Corpus ID: 197650621

A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Attitudes Toward Marital Infidelity

@article{Christensen1962ACC,
  title={A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Attitudes Toward Marital Infidelity},
  author={Harold T. Christensen},
  journal={International Journal of Comparative Sociology},
  year={1962},
  volume={3},
  pages={124 - 137}
}

• H. Christensen
• Published 1 March 1962
• Psychology
• International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Some generalizations from the earlier reports, which are relevant to our cross-cultural emphasis, are as follows : Every statistical measure that was used showed the Danish culture to be the most permissive and the Intermountain culture the most restrictive regarding premarital intimacy, with the Midwestern culture in between though generally closer to the Intermountain than to the Danish. With respect to attitudes, Danish respondents more frequently approved of premarital coitus, approved of earlier starts in relation to marriage of each level of intimacy (necking, petting, and coitus), thought in terms of a more rapid progression from the beginning of° intimacy in necking to its completion in coitus, and favored a longer period of coital activity prior to marriage. With respect to behavior, many more persons in the Danish sample actually engaged in premarital coitus and the incidences of both illegitimacy, and premarital