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Religiosity, sexual behaviors, sexual motivations, and gender: A three-year longitudinal study
Veronica Hanna-Walker1, Tracy L Walters1, Rose Wesche2
1Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
Abstract:
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.
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