The Impact of Religious Commitment on Women’s Sexual Self-Esteem

Abbott, Douglas A.; Harris, Jeff E.; Mollen, Debra

doi:10.1007/s12119-016-9374-x

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“…Therefore, the decreasing trends in period and cohort RRs in the four countries are mainly associated with efforts conducted by governmental and non-governmental institutions to decrease the HIV/AIDS burden in those respective countries [ 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 ]. The most significant decrease of the period and cohort RRs in the DRC might also be explained by socio-cultural and demographic factors, which have influenced the population of DRC and their sexual behavior [ 41 , 42 , 43 ]. Although governmental and non-governmental institutions have made many efforts in decreasing the HIV/AIDS burden in the respective countries, the decrease is not yet sufficient [ 10 ].…”

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The Trend of HIV/AIDS Incidence and Risks Associated with Age, Period, and Birth Cohort in Four Central African Countries

Martial

Mubarik

2021

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The HIV/AIDS incidence rates have decreased in African countries although the rates are still high in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our study aimed to examine the long-term trend of the overall HIV/AIDS incidence rates in four countries of the central region of Africa, using data from the Global Burden of Diseases (GBD) 2019 study. The Age–Period–Cohort statistical model analysis was used to measure the trends of HIV/AIDS incidence rates in each of the four countries. HIV/AIDS incidence rates decreased slowly in Cameroon (CAM), Chad, and Central African Republic (CAR), but considerably in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 1990–2019. HIV/AIDS incidence rates in the four countries were at their peaks in the age group of 25–29 years. According to the age relative risks, individuals aged between 15 and 49 years old are at high risk of HIV/AIDS incidence in the four countries. The period and cohort relative risks have decreased in all four countries. Although CAM recorded an increase of 59.6% in the period relative risks (RRs) between 1990 and 1999, HIV/AIDS incidence has decreased dramatically in all four countries, especially after 2000. The decrease of the period RRs (relative risk) by nearly 20.6-folds and the decrease of the cohort RRs from 147.65 to almost 0.0034 in the DRC made it the country with the most significant decrease of the period and cohort RRs compared to the rest. HIV/AIDS incidence rates are decreasing in each of the four countries. Our study findings could provide solid ground for policymakers to promptly decrease HIV/AIDS incidence by strengthening the prevention policies to eliminate the public health threat of HIV/AIDS by 2030 as one of the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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The Trend of HIV/AIDS Incidence and Risks Associated with Age, Period, and Birth Cohort in Four Central African Countries

Martial

Mubarik

2021

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“…However, some studies have shown that sexual guilt continues to pervade religious, married individuals (Peterson, 1964), as some scholars have suggested that religiosity can bring a more permanent sense of anxiety, guilt, and tension surrounding sexuality (Runkel, 1998). This is perhaps due to some religious teachings condemning any sexual activity only for pleasure, rather than for procreation (Abbott, Harris, & Mollen, 2016; Cowden & Bradshaw, 2007). Therefore, research suggests that religiosity could negatively influence sexual satisfaction by imbuing the sexual relationship with sexual guilt, though the role of marital status remains a matter of inquiry for this connection.…”

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Sex guilt or sanctification? The indirect role of religiosity on sexual satisfaction.

Leonhardt¹,

Busby²,

Willoughby³

2020

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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With a Mechanical Turk sample of 1,614 sexually active individuals (62.6% women, 85% heterosexual, mean age of 34.47 years) who had been in a committed sexual relationship for at least two years, we used structural equation modeling to better understand how global religiosity may indirectly influence sexual satisfaction. Because religiosity has been linked to the way people make sense of sexuality, we assessed positive (sexual sanctification) and negative (sexual guilt) meaning making variables as mediators between religiosity and sexual satisfaction. Consistent with prior research, greater sanctification of sexuality was directly tied to greater sexual satisfaction, whereas greater sexual guilt was directly tied to less sexual satisfaction. Greater general religiosity was indirectly related to greater sexual satisfaction for men and women through greater sexual sanctification. Contrary to expectations, no significant pathways emerged between greater religiosity and less sexual satisfaction via sexual guilt, possibly due to reliance on a one item indicator for the latter variable. Also, in structural equation models, when sanctification of sexuality was taken into account, greater religiosity was directly tied to less sexual satisfaction for women, but not for men. This suggests that sanctification of sexuality represents a facet of religiousness that facilitates women's and men's sexual satisfaction, whereas other religious beliefs may inhibit women's sexual satisfaction.

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“…Evidence on the association between religiosity and sexual self-esteem or sexual assertiveness is limited, even in Christian samples. One study found a negative link between religiosity and sexual self-esteem among participants raised as Catholics (Abbott, Harris, & Mollen, 2016). In another study, religiosity correlated negatively with sexual assertiveness (Curtin, Ward, Merriwether, & Caruthers, 2011).…”

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Predictors of Sexual Aggression Perpetration Among Male and Female College Students: Cross-Cultural Evidence From Chile and Turkey

Schuster

Krahé

2018

Sex Abuse

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This two-wave longitudinal study examined risky sexual scripts and sexual behavior regarding consensual sexual interactions, sexual self-esteem, initiation assertiveness, and religiosity as predictors of sexual aggression perpetration in a cross-cultural comparison of college students in Chile and Turkey. As predicted, risky sexual scripts were linked to higher odds of perpetration through more risky sexual behavior cross-sectionally in both the Chilean and the Turkish sample and indirectly predicted perpetration 12 months later. High sexual self-esteem increased the likelihood of perpetration via higher initiation assertiveness in the Turkish sample only. High religiosity reduced the odds of perpetration through less risky sexual scripts and less risky sexual behavior in both samples. In addition, high religiosity increased the probability of perpetration through lower sexual self-esteem in the Turkish sample. Implications of these findings and the role of cultural factors contributing to the differential functioning of religiosity and sexual self-esteem are discussed.

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The Impact of Religious Commitment on Women’s Sexual Self-Esteem

Cited by 31 publications

References 55 publications

The Trend of HIV/AIDS Incidence and Risks Associated with Age, Period, and Birth Cohort in Four Central African Countries

The Trend of HIV/AIDS Incidence and Risks Associated with Age, Period, and Birth Cohort in Four Central African Countries

Sex guilt or sanctification? The indirect role of religiosity on sexual satisfaction.

Predictors of Sexual Aggression Perpetration Among Male and Female College Students: Cross-Cultural Evidence From Chile and Turkey

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