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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Evolutionary Biology

Background:

  • Religious attendance is linked to various demographic, personality, moral, and behavioral factors.
  • Previous research often assumes religious socialization directly causes moral behavior.
  • This study proposes mating preferences are central to religious group attraction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of mating strategies and sexual behavior in religious attendance.
  • To determine if mating strategy is a stronger predictor of religious attendance than personality traits.
  • To explore the relationship between moral views on sexuality and religious attendance.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of data from 21,131 participants in the U.S. General Social Survey.
  • Further analysis of detailed religious, moral, and sexual data from 902 college students.
  • Statistical controls for age, gender, and family patterns were applied.

Main Results:

  • Sexual behaviors were the strongest predictors of religious attendance, surpassing age and gender.
  • Moral views on sexual behavior showed a stronger link to religious attendance than other moral issues.
  • Mating strategy proved a more powerful predictor of religious attendance than standard personality variables.

Conclusions:

  • Reproductive and mating strategies appear to be fundamental drivers of religious attendance variations.
  • Religious attendance may function to facilitate high-fertility, monogamous mating strategies.
  • This perspective reframes the understanding of religious behavior in evolutionary and social contexts.