Young Michael, Denny George, Penhollow Tina, Palacios Rebecca, Morris Duston
Center for Nursing Research, College of Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington, Pickard Hall, 411 South Nedderman, Arlington, TX, 76019, USA,
J Relig Health. 2015 Jun;54(3):922-42. doi: 10.1007/s10943-013-9777-z.
The relationship between religiosity and sexual behavior has been previously investigated, but researchers have not examined the relationship between the intellectual dimension of religiosity and sexual behavior. In this study, we developed an intellectual measure of religiosity, Hiding the Word (HTW), and examined whether it accounted for variation in the sexual behavior of college students, beyond that for which age and a generic measure of religiosity could account. Results showed, after accounting for age and generic religiosity, HTW made a significant contribution to distinguishing between students who had, and those who had not, engaged in various sexual behaviors. For females, this was the case in three of the five behaviors examined (all except receiving oral sex and participating in unprotected penile-vaginal intercourse at most recent sexual encounter), and for males, two of the four behaviors (sexual intercourse and anal intercourse). HTW was less of a factor in accounting for variation in the frequency of participation. For males, HTW was significant for the frequency of participation in penile-vaginal intercourse, receiving oral sex, and the number of sexual partners in the last month. For females, HTW was significant only for the number of sexual partners in the last month. Thus, religiosity, and specifically HTW, seems to play more of a role in determining whether or not a person has participated in behavior, rather than in the frequency of participation.
宗教虔诚度与性行为之间的关系此前已有人研究，但研究人员尚未考察宗教虔诚度的智力维度与性行为之间的关系。在本研究中，我们开发了一种宗教虔诚度的智力测量方法，即隐藏圣言（HTW），并考察它是否能解释大学生性行为的差异，这种差异超出了年龄和一般宗教虔诚度测量所能解释的范围。结果显示，在考虑年龄和一般宗教虔诚度之后，HTW在区分有过和没有过各种性行为的学生方面做出了显著贡献。对于女性而言，在所考察的五种行为中的三种情况如此（除了最近一次性接触中接受口交和参与无保护的阴茎-阴道性交之外的所有行为），对于男性而言，在四种行为中的两种情况如此（性交和肛交）。HTW在解释参与频率的差异方面作用较小。对于男性，HTW在阴茎-阴道性交的参与频率、接受口交以及上个月性伴侣数量方面具有显著意义。对于女性，HTW仅在上个月性伴侣数量方面具有显著意义。因此，宗教虔诚度，特别是HTW，似乎在决定一个人是否参与某种行为方面发挥的作用更大，而不是在参与频率方面。
