School of Psychological Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97330, USA.
Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Arch Sex Behav. 2024 Jan;53(1):307-320. doi: 10.1007/s10508-023-02678-4. Epub 2023 Aug 29.
Past research has shown that religiosity can impact sexual behaviors of college-aged youth in both positive and negative directions. As many world religions promote doctrines that include negative views toward sexual minorities, the current study aimed to examine the potentially differential ways religiosity is related to sexual behaviors across various sexual orientations. College/university students across Oregon (N = 1553) completed an online cross-sectional survey in which they provided information about their sexual orientation, levels of religiosity, religious affiliation, and endorsed recent sexual behavior outcomes. Using logistic models in PROCESS, sexual orientation was examined as a moderator of the relations between religiosity (assessed via the Centrality of Religiosity Scale; Huber & Huber) and religious affiliation and the occurrence (yes vs. no) of three sexual behaviors in the past 6 months: birth control use during sex, sexual activity under the influence of substances, and testing positive for an STI. Covariates were age and natal sex. Religiosity was related to reduced birth control use in heterosexual and gay/lesbian individuals. Religiosity was not associated with sexual behaviors in bi/pansexual college students. Findings show that religiosity was a salient construct for understanding sexual behaviors in heterosexual and gay/lesbian college students, but not in bi/pansexual college students. Given that religiosity has differential effects for various sexual behaviors that can heighten risk of negative sexual health outcomes, recommendations are made for increased and tailored sexual health education to religiously identified college students.
过去的研究表明，宗教信仰可以对大学生的性行为产生积极和消极的影响。由于许多世界宗教都宣扬对性少数群体持负面观点的教义，因此本研究旨在探讨宗教信仰与各种性取向相关的性行为之间可能存在的差异方式。俄勒冈州的大学生/大学生（N=1553）完成了一项在线横断面调查，他们在调查中提供了有关性取向、宗教信仰程度、宗教信仰和最近性行为结果的信息。使用 PROCESS 中的逻辑模型，以性取向为调节变量，检验宗教信仰（通过宗教中心性量表评估；Huber & Huber）和宗教归属与过去 6 个月内三种性行为的发生（是/否）之间的关系：性行为中使用避孕药具、在药物影响下发生性行为以及性传播感染检测呈阳性。协变量为年龄和出生性别。宗教信仰与异性恋和同性恋个体中避孕药具使用减少有关。宗教信仰与双性恋和泛性恋大学生的性行为无关。研究结果表明，宗教信仰是理解异性恋和同性恋大学生性行为的重要结构，但不是双性恋大学生性行为的重要结构。鉴于宗教信仰对可能增加负面性健康结果风险的各种性行为有不同的影响，建议向有宗教信仰的大学生提供更多和针对性的性健康教育。
