| Title |
Sex Guilt Mediates the Relationship Between Religiosity and Sexual Desire in East Asian and Euro-Canadian College-Aged Women
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, March 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10508-012-9918-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jane S. T. Woo, Negar Morshedian, Lori A. Brotto, Boris B. Gorzalka |
| Abstract |
Research has examined the relationship between religiosity and sexuality but few studies have explored the mechanisms by which sexual variables are influenced by religiosity. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the role of sex guilt in the relationship between religiosity and sexual desire in women. Euro-Canadian (n = 178) and East Asian (n = 361) female university students completed a battery of questionnaires. Higher levels of religious fundamentalism, intrinsic religiosity and spirituality were associated with higher levels of sex guilt in both ethnic groups. Paranormal belief was not associated with sex guilt in either ethnic group. The Euro-Canadian women reported significantly higher levels of sexual desire and significantly less sex guilt than the East Asian women. Among the Euro-Canadian women, sex guilt mediated the relationships between spirituality and sexual desire, and fundamentalism and sexual desire; among the East Asian women, sex guilt mediated the relationships between spirituality and sexual desire, fundamentalism and sexual desire, and intrinsic religiosity and sexual desire. These findings suggest that sex guilt may be one mechanism by which religiosity affects sexual desire among women. |
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| United States | 5 | 83% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
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| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
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| United States | 1 | 1% |
| South Africa | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 77 | 96% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 16% |
| Researcher | 5 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 20% |
| Unknown | 15 | 19% |
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| Unknown | 16 | 20% |
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