Premarital Sexual Behaviors: Youth and Romantic Relationship

: Sex is one of the pleasures of life are the most controversial, especially in youth who had been unmarried. The objective of this study is to describe premarital sexual behavior among youth who involve in a romantic relationship. Respondents were 353 youth (167 men, 186 women) age 15 – 24 years old ( M = 20.91, SD = 3.012), live in around Jakarta and Tangerang. Premarital sexual behavior was measured by premarital sexual behavior scale, consists of 11 items Guttman-type scale. Items were described four types of sexual behavior, i.e. touching, kissing, petting, and sexual intercourse. The coefficient of reproducibility ( CR ) and coefficient of scalability ( CS ) of the scale were .971 and .865, respectively. It means that sexual behavior measured by scale can be sorted by level intimacy with their partner, from touching to sexual intercourse. Results showed that 23% respondents had sexual intercourse with their partner, 33%-48% had petting, 77%-88% had kissed, and 92%-99% had touching with their partner. Men had a higher sexual behavior than women.