Hence, the goal of the current study was to investigate the relation between the amounts of normativity and deviance during sexual communication among the16 — 21 - year -
old friendship dyads and individual dyad members» perceptions of four types of sexual peer norms (i.e., descriptive, injunctive, and risk norms, and peer pressure).
Participants were 16 — 21 - year -
old same - sex
friendship dyads (31 male and 30 female
dyads) who performed a peer interaction task that consisted of five discussion assignments focusing on party planning, sexual double standards, condom use, homosexuality, and consensual sex.