Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78705, USA.
J Sex Res. 2011 Mar;48(2-3):297-308. doi: 10.1080/00224491003739993.
This study assesses the role of religion in influencing sexual frequency and satisfaction among older married adults and sexual activity among older unmarried adults. The study proposes and tests several hypotheses about the relationship between religion and sex among these two groups of older Americans, using nationally representative data from the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project. Results suggest that among married older adults, religion is largely unrelated with sexual frequency and satisfaction, although religious integration in daily life shares a weak, but positive, association with pleasure from sex. For unmarried adults, such religious integration exhibits a negative association with having had sex in the last year among women, but not among men.
本研究评估了宗教对年长已婚成年人的性行为频率和满意度以及年长未婚成年人的性行为的影响。该研究使用来自全国性社会生活、健康和老龄化项目的全国代表性数据,提出并检验了这两组美国老年人中宗教与性之间关系的几个假设。结果表明,在已婚的老年人中,宗教与性行为频率和满意度基本没有关系,尽管日常生活中的宗教融合与性愉悦呈微弱但积极的关系。对于未婚成年人,这种宗教融合与女性过去一年的性行为呈负相关,但与男性无关。