Making sense of heterosexuality: An exploratory study of young heterosexual identities in Turkey

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dc.authoridBoratav, Hale/0000-0002-1531-9407
dc.contributor.authorBoratav, Hale Bolak
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:42:16Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:42:16Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractOn the basis of the understanding that the shaping, experience, and meaning of sexual identities is informed by the social context, an exploratory study of sexual identities was done with a college sample in urban Turkey. Participants included 225 students taking an introductory psychology course at a private urban university in istanbul (66.5% women, 33.5% men, age range: 18-30 years, M = 20.1, SD = 1.7, 98% heterosexual identified). A questionnaire was used to investigate how young people explain the development of their sexual identity and how it affects their lives. An overwhelming majority identified their sexual identity, feelings, and experiences as always having been the same and were quite confident that their sexual identity would remain the same into the future. Participants saw their heterosexuality as mostly having to do with outside forces including general references to the role of society, culture, and social expectations and norms, family structure and socialization, peer relations, and modeling. Most perceived their sexual identity to have a positive effect on their lives. Results suggest some evidence of interest in and openness to considering issues of sexual identity among these young people, and are discussed in the context of previous research on heterosexual identity development, sociocultural factors, and with reference to the historical meanings of sexual identities and practices in Turkey.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11199-006-9339-x
dc.identifier.endpage225en_US
dc.identifier.issn0360-0025
dc.identifier.issn1573-2762
dc.identifier.issue3.Nisen_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-33746436575en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage213en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-006-9339-x
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/7218
dc.identifier.volume54en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000239123100005en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer/Plenum Publishersen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSex Rolesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectSexual İdentityen_US
dc.subjectHeterosexualityen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectCompulsory Heterosexualityen_US
dc.subjectStudentsen_US
dc.subjectModelen_US
dc.titleMaking sense of heterosexuality: An exploratory study of young heterosexual identities in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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