title: Gender, Religiosity, Sexual Activity, Sexual Knowledge, and Attitudes Toward Controversial Aspects of Sexuality.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the role of gender, religiosity, sexual activity, and sexual knowledge in predicting attitudes toward controversial aspects of sexuality among Turkish university students. Participants were 162 female and 135 male undergraduate students who were recruited on a volunteer basis from an urban state university in Turkey. The SKAT-A Attitude Scale along with background information form, sexual activities inventory, and sexual knowledge scale were administered to the participants. Simultaneous multiple regression analyses revealed that religiosity, particularly attendance to religious services was the most significant predictor in explaining university students' attitudes toward masturbation, abortion, homosexuality, pornography, and sexual coercion.
authors: Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Education, Middle East Technical University, Universiteler Mahallesi, Dumlupinar Bulvari, 1, Cankaya, 06800, Ankara, Turkey. zeynep@metu.edu.tr.
authors: Zeynep Hatipoğlu
authors: ZH
authors: Sümer
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004882:Erotica / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology*; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014421:Turkey; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Religiosity; Sexual activity; Sexual attitudes; Turkey; University students