title: Sex guilt and attitudes toward sex in sexually active and inactive female college students.
abstract: The Mosher Sex Guilt Scale was related to a number of sexual behaviors and attitudes in 47 sexually active and 72 sexually inactive female collage students. Sexually inactive subjects were found to have significantly higher sex guilt than sexually active students. The results also replicated previous findings of a relationship between sex guilt and religious affiliation and sexual experience. The data indicate significant relationships between sex guilt and attitudes toward abortion and permarital sex. These findings are interpreted as extending the construct validity of the Mosher scale and supporting the continued use of sex guilt as a theoretical construct in research on sexual behaviors and attitudes.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D012725:Sexual Behavior