title: Making love: Australian adults' rating of its importance as a romantic act in a relationship.
abstract: A personal opinion survey was administered to 1207 adults assessing attitudes towards 13 romantic acts with regard to age and gender. The present study focused upon attitudes towards the perceived importance of making love as a romantic act in a relationship. The sample was divided into three age groups, 18 to 25 years, 26 to 35 years, and 36 to 45 years. Analysis showed that 600 men's mean rating on a 5-point scale for importance was higher than the 607 women's rating; however, no significant difference was found among age groups and the interaction of age and gender was nonsignificant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sheehan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008149:Love; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012725:Sexual Behavior