Religiosity, sexual behaviors, sexual motivations, and gender: A three-year longitudinal study.
hierarchical linear modeling
religiosity
sexuality
Journal
Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence
ISSN: 1532-7795
Titre abrégé: J Res Adolesc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9109126
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2023
09 2023
Historique:
revised:
15
03
2023
received:
21
08
2022
accepted:
17
03
2023
medline:
16
8
2023
pubmed:
1
4
2023
entrez:
31
3
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Longitudinal data are critical for examining associations of religiosity with sexual behaviors and motivations during college. We use hierarchical linear modeling on five semesters of data from a diverse sample of college students (N = 735) to examine within- and between-person associations between religious service attendance and importance of religion and sexual behaviors and motivations for and against sex and consider gender as a moderator. Between-person religiosity was associated with sexual behaviors and motivations whereas within-person religiosity was not. Students' sexual motivations co-varied across semesters with their religious service attendance and importance of religion. Our results indicated more restrictive associations between religiosity and sexual motivations for women than for men.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
943-956Subventions
Organisme : NIAAA NIH HHS
ID : R01 AA016016
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
© 2023 Society for Research on Adolescence.
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