Sexo e religião : um estudo sobre práticas sexuais pré-maritais entre jovens evangélicos

Abstract

The objective of this study was, in general, to investigate the relationship between religiosity and sexuality in young people from evangelical churches. Trying to understand, therefore, that there may be some kind of crisis by religious belonging, which plays a belief in preventing sexual practices before marriage, and the maintenance of sexual activity, behavior that hurts this belief, and how this potential crisis It is overcome. Quantitative research, an online survey was conducted through groups on social networks and e-mail in order to collect bio-psycho-socio-demographic data, information concerning their religious belonging, considerations about sexuality, if there is crisis and the ways of solving this. The study included 184 young people from evangelical churches, aged between 14 and 24 years, 75.5% female and 24.5% male. A tool of 29 questions, self-administered, confidential was used. Scales were used to treat on Coping Religious, Sexual Wellness, Religiosity, Crisis resolution, among other measurements. The results indicate that religiosity proved to be a protective factor in the delay of sexual debut, with great appearance, in contrast, unmarried young evangelicals who reported being sexually active and religious coexistence. Young people were related sexually before marriage showed lower levels of religiosity and greater sexual health indices. The data suggest that the onset of sexual activity is strongly related to a better understanding of their own sexuality, as something natural and possible for the readjustment of religious belief that it should be manifested only after the marriage.