group norms for female (r ¼ 0.63) than male students (r ¼ .46) (for gender difference Z ¼ 1.99, po 0.05). A higher intention of sexual abstinence was positively related to celibate status for both genders (males [n ¼ 165], r ¼ 0.31, po0.001; females [n ¼ 133],r ¼ 0.40, po0.001). There was no gender difference
(Z ¼ 0.87, p ¼ NS).