The Association of Religiosity, Sexual Education, and Parental Factors with Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents and Young Adults

This study examined the association of religiosity, sexual education and family structure with risky sexual behaviors among adolescents and young adults. The nationally representative sample, from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, included 3,168 women and men ages 15-21 years. Those who vie...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health 2010-12, Vol.49 (4), p.460-472
Main Authors: Haglund, Kristin A., Fehring, Richard J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adolescent Behavior - psychology
Adolescents
Aging
Birth control
Clinical Psychology
Contraception Behavior - psychology
Family - psychology
Female
Formal education
Human sexual behavior
Humans
Internal-External Control
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
On the Boundaries of Religion, Psychology and Medicine: Studies in the Social, Behavioral and Medical Sciences
Original Paper
Parent-Child Relations
Parents
Parents & parenting
Psychology, Adolescent
Public Health
Religion
Religion and Sex
Religiosity
Religious Studies
Sex education
Sex Education - methods
Sexual abstinence
Sexual behavior
Sexual Behavior - psychology
Sexual partners
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Teenagers
United States - epidemiology
Young Adult
Young adults
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Summary:This study examined the association of religiosity, sexual education and family structure with risky sexual behaviors among adolescents and young adults. The nationally representative sample, from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, included 3,168 women and men ages 15-21 years. Those who viewed religion as very important, had frequent church attendance, and held religious sexual attitudes were 27-54% less likely to have had sex and had significantly fewer sex partners than peers. Participants whose formal and parental sexual education included abstinence and those from two-parent families were 15% less likely to have had sex and had fewer partners.
ISSN:0022-4197
1573-6571
DOI:10.1007/s10943-009-9267-5