Calatrava Maria, Beltramo Carlos, Osorio Alfonso, Rodríguez-González Martiño, De Irala Jokin, Lopez-Del Burgo Cristina
Institute for Culture and Society, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2021 Nov 5;12:715032. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.715032. eCollection 2021.
Religiosity and sexuality present numerous interconnections. Little is known regarding the specific causal pathways between each religiosity dimension and sexual behavior. The objectives of this study were (1) to explore the relationship between religiosity (measured through attendance at religious services, salience, and prayer) and sexual initiation in adolescents and (2) to establish the role of sexual permissiveness as mediator of the impact produced by religiosity in sexual initiation. This study analyzes data from an ongoing school-based international study examining what young people feel and think about relationships, love, and sexuality. An anonymous, self-administered online questionnaire was developed in Spanish. A total of 4,366 students, aged 14-18, completed the questionnaire. A final sample of 2,919 questionnaires was analyzed. Two unconditional logistic regression models were fit with religiosity variables and possible confounders as independent variables (with and without permissiveness, respectively). The dependent variable was sexual initiation. A final path analysis was performed to further understand the results. Our study highlights that, in predominantly Catholic and Spanish-speaking countries, the fact of attending church and praying may greatly contribute to postponing sexual relations during adolescence, even independently of their attitudes on sexual permissiveness. Conversely, the effect of salience on sexual initiation seems to be fostered only through the mediation of sexual permissiveness. Our findings point to an indirect effect of the three religiosity dimensions (and in particular, religious salience) through permissive attitudes. Religiosity could be a relevant factor to explain sexual initiation during adolescence.
宗教信仰与性行为之间存在着诸多联系。关于宗教信仰的各个维度与性行为之间的具体因果路径，我们所知甚少。本研究的目的是：（1）探讨宗教信仰（通过参加宗教仪式、宗教显著性和祈祷来衡量）与青少年性行为开始之间的关系；（2）确定性宽容作为宗教信仰对性行为开始产生影响的中介作用。本研究分析了一项正在进行的基于学校的国际研究的数据，该研究调查年轻人对人际关系、爱情和性行为的感受与想法。我们用西班牙语设计了一份匿名的、自行填写的在线问卷。共有4366名年龄在14至18岁之间的学生完成了问卷。最终对2919份问卷样本进行了分析。我们拟合了两个无条件逻辑回归模型，分别将宗教信仰变量和可能的混杂因素作为自变量（一个包含性宽容，另一个不包含）。因变量是性行为开始。最后进行了路径分析以进一步理解研究结果。我们的研究强调，在主要为天主教且讲西班牙语的国家，参加教堂活动和祈祷这一事实可能极大地有助于推迟青少年时期的性行为，甚至独立于他们对性宽容的态度。相反，宗教显著性对性行为开始的影响似乎仅通过性宽容的中介作用得以促进。我们的研究结果表明，宗教信仰的三个维度（特别是宗教显著性）通过宽容态度产生间接影响。宗教信仰可能是解释青少年性行为开始的一个相关因素。
