Religiosity and Premarital Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents: An Analysis of Functional Form
While numerous studies show a persistent inverse association between religion variables and adolescents' sexual behaviors, the nature of this relationship is not well understood. Specifically, many previous studies presuppose that the associations between adolescent religiosity and sexual behav...
| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Premarital sex
/ Young adult
/ Religiosity
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
functional form
B Adolescence B Religion B Youth B Sexual behaviors |
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| Summary: | While numerous studies show a persistent inverse association between religion variables and adolescents' sexual behaviors, the nature of this relationship is not well understood. Specifically, many previous studies presuppose that the associations between adolescent religiosity and sexual behaviors are linear. However, a number of studies have also identified important nonlinearities of religious influence during adolescence, with highly religious individuals being distinct from their peers. Incorporating this knowledge into a theoretically motivated modeling approach, this article provides a comparative analysis of functional forms describing the relationships between religiosity and adolescent sexual behaviors. Using data from two waves of the National Study of Youth and Religion, a linear functional form is compared with nonlinear alternatives that link multiple religion measures to outcomes of sexual activity. Results show that the majority of these relationships are best defined by nonlinear functional forms, suggesting that the influence of religiosity increases as individuals become more religious. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12588 |