Associations between religiosity and sexuality in a representative sample of Australian adults

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-46

  Visser, Richard O De ^a   Smith, Anthony M A ^b   Richters, Juliet ^c   Rissel, Chris E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Religion; Religiosity; Sexual attitudes; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOSLEM; RELIGION; RELIGIOUS GROUP; SAMPLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COITUS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION AND SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 33846850609     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9056-0     Document Type: Article

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