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Abstract
The study examined the relationships between three types of religiosity (Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Quest) and sexual concerns in two diverse samples. Three hundred sixty-five participants were drawn from a Washington, DC area community college and a historically Black state university in North Carolina. Participants completed measures of religiosity along with the Attitudes Related to Sexual Concerns Scale (ASC; Koch & Cowden, 1990). The ASC was developed to measure attitudes that have been identified as associated with sexual concerns, such as performance anxiety and guilt. Intrinsic religiosity and extrinsic religiosity were associated with higher sexual concerns in general as well as higher levels of sex guilt and masturbation discomfort. In contrast, religion as quest, an open-ended pursuit of existential questions, was associated with lower levels of sex guilt and masturbation discomfort. Correlations were also found between sexual concerns and age, ethnicity, gender, and religious affiliations of the participants. Implications of the findings and possible directions for future research are discussed.
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