NDLI: The Relation Between Sexual Behavior and Religiosity Subtypes: A Test of the Secularization Hypothesis

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Author	Farmer, Melissa A. Trapnell, Paul D. Meston, Cindy M.
Copyright Year	2008
Abstract	Previous literature on religion and sexual behavior has focused on narrow definitions of religiosity, including religious affiliation, religious participation, or forms of religiousness (e.g., intrinsic religiosity). Trends toward more permissive premarital sexual activity in the North American Christian-Judeo religion support the secularization hypothesis of religion, which posits an increasing gap between religious doctrine and behavior. However, the recent rise of fundamentalist and new age religious movements calls for a reexamination of the current link between religion and sexual behavior. The use of dual definitions of religiosity, including religious affiliation and dimensional subtypes, may further characterize this link. The present cross-sectional study evaluated patterns of sexual behavior in a young adult sample (N = 1302, M age = 18.77 years) in the context of the secularization hypothesis using religious affiliation and a liberal-conservative continuum of religious subtypes: paranormal belief, spirituality, intrinsic religiosity, and fundamentalism. Results indicated few affiliation differences in sexual behavior in men or women. Sexual behaviors were statistically predicted by spirituality, fundamentalism, and paranormal belief, and the endorsement of fundamentalism in particular was correlated with lower levels of female sexual behavior. The secularization hypothesis was supported by consistent levels of sexual activity across affiliations and is contradicted by the differential impact of religiosity subtypes on sexual behavior. Findings suggested that the use of religious subtypes to evaluate religious differences, rather than solely affiliation, may yield useful insights into the link between religion and sexual behavior.
Starting Page	852
Ending Page	865
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00040002
Journal	Archives of Sexual Behavior
Volume Number	38
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15732800
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2008-10-07
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Sexual behavior Religiosity Spirituality Fundamentalism Paranormal belief Secularization Social Sciences Public Health/Gesundheitswesen Sexual Behavior
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Arts and Humanities Psychology

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