Religious Participation and Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Attitudes

Thornton, Arland; Camburn, Donald

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“…Likewise, there is evidence that sexual behavior can be tied to religious precepts (Adjamagbo et al, 2004). Islam and Christianity, the two dominant religions in Ouagadougou, are both restrictive in terms of premarital sexuality (Dialmy, 2010; Thornton & Camburn, 1989), but in the Burkinabe context, Christianity is more associated with Western culture and a certain cultural openness, which are in turn correlated to premarital sexual activity. In connection with the cultural inheritance model, we tested two hypotheses: a lower risk of premarital pregnancy among the Mossi women compared to the other ethnic groups (Hypothesis 1), and a higher risk of premarital pregnancy among Christian women, compared to Muslim women or women of other religions (Hypothesis 2).…”

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Understanding premarital pregnancies among adolescents and young women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Soura

Lankoande

Sanogo

et al. 2018

Cogent Social Sciences

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In developing countries, young women between 15 and 24 years of age account for more than 40% of unsafe abortions due to the high number of unwanted and/or out-of-wedlock pregnancies. However, much about the profile of adolescents and young women who usually experience premarital pregnancies remains unknown. This study sought to understand the risk of pregnancy before marriage among adolescents and young women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. By using longitudinal data from a demographic surveillance system, we tested the explanatory power of two theoretical assumptions on premarital childbearing in sub-Saharan Africa, which assumptions are the cultural inheritance model and the social capital model. The results confirmed the explanatory power of the cultural inheritance model on the one hand and partially confirmed the power of the social capital model on the other hand. These results highlight the need for a multipronged approach to sexual and reproductive health for young people. Efforts against premarital pregnancies among adolescents and young women would be more effective if they were based on participatory approaches, incorporating actions at both community and institutional levels, as suggested by the recent Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents logical framework.

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Understanding premarital pregnancies among adolescents and young women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Soura

Lankoande

Sanogo

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“…Parents' attitudes about adolescent sex predict their children's sexual attitudes and behavior (Th ornton & Camburn, 1989;Treboux & Busch-Rossnagel, 1990). Moreover, adolescents' perceptions of parental disapproval of sex are associated with postponing intercourse (Jaccard, Dittus, & Gordon, 1996;Sieving, NcNeely, & Blum, 2000).…”

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“…Youth who have no religious affi liation are most likely to initiate sex as teenagers (Forste & Heaton, 1988), and those who belong to churches that promote abstinence are least likely to have sex (e.g., Miller & Olson, 1988). Greater religiosity, as indexed by frequency of church attendance and perceived importance of religion, is associated with postponing intercourse (Cvetkovich & Grote, 1980;Jessor et al, 1983;Th ornton & Camburn, 1989;Whitbeck et al, 1999). In a national sample, greater frequency of attending religious services decreased the odds of initiating intercourse among white males and white, Latina, and black women (Day, 1992).…”

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Adolescent Sexuality: Behavior and Meaning

Crockett¹,

Raffaelli

Moilanen

2006

Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence

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“…Though religious values are the source of moral proscriptions for many individuals and the teachings, likely to play a role in the formation of individual attitudes, values and decisions (Lehrer 2004;Thornton & Camburn 1989), religious doctrine and spiritual teachings can create barriers to HIV prevention. Significant is the debate between abstinence-only and comprehensive safer sex education where opinions differ.…”

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“…Attitudes are generally explained as enduring disposition to social behaviour or readiness for action (Tones & Green 2004); a relatively enduring organisation of beliefs around an object or situation predisposing one to respond in some preferential manner. Whilst some predispositions are momentary .…”

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Adolescent religiosity and attitudes to HIV and AIDS in Ghana

Amoako-Agyeman¹

2012

SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

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This study investigated the relationships between adolescent religiosity and attitudes to HIV/AIDS based on two major techniques of analysis, factor and regression analysis towards informing preventive school education strategies. Using cross-sectional data of 448 adolescents in junior high school, the study incorporated survey in a self-administered questionnaire and sought to identify underlying factors that affect pupils' responses, delineate the pattern of relationships between variables and select models which best explain and predict relationships among variables. A seven-factor solution described the 'attitude' construct including abstinence and protection, and six for 'religiosity'. The results showed relatively high levels of religiosity and a preference for private religiosity as opposed to organisational religiosity. The regression analysis produced significant relationships between factors of attitudes to HIV/AIDS and of religiosity. Adolescent with very high private religiosity are more likely to abstain from sex but less likely to use condoms once they initiate: protection is inversely related to religiosity. The findings suggest that religious-based adolescent interventions should focus on intrinsic religiosity. Additionally, increasing HIV prevention information and incorporating culturally relevant and socially acceptable values might lend support to improved adolescent school-based HIV/AIDS prevention programmes.Keywords: adolescent, attitudes, religiosity, HIV/AIDS, prevention, protection, Ghana RésuméCette étude a pour but de rechercher les rapports entre la religiosité des adolescents et leur attitude envers le VIH/SIDA basée sur deux techniques d'analyse en l'occurrence celle du facteur et de la régression dans le but d'établir une stratégie d'éducation préventive en milieu scolaire. Des données croisées portant sur 448 adolescents collégiens on été obtenu a travers une enquête basée sur des questionnaires auto-administrées. L'enquête était désignée à identifier les facteurs sous-jacents affectant les réponses des élèves, délimiter le motif des relations existantes entre les variables et choisir les meilleurs modèles qui expliquent et prédiquent mieux les relations entre ces différent variables. Un sept-facteur solution décrirait le comportement construis comprenant l'abstinence et la protection tandis que un six-facteur solution attribue a la religiosité. Les résultats ont montré un degré relativement élevé de religiosité et une préférence pour une religiosité discrète opposée à celle d'organisation. L'analyse de régression a identifié une relation significative entre les facteurs de comportement orienté sur le VIH/SIDA et la religiosité. L'adolescent ayant une religiosité discrète et privée est plus susceptible de s'abstenir de rapport sexuel mais moins susceptible d'utiliser les condoms une fois initié: la protection est inversement liée à la religiosité. Les résultats suggèrent que les interventions par rapport aux adolescents religieux doivent être centrées sur la religiosité i...

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Religious Participation and Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Attitudes

Cited by 252 publications

References 7 publications

Understanding premarital pregnancies among adolescents and young women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Understanding premarital pregnancies among adolescents and young women in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Adolescent Sexuality: Behavior and Meaning

Adolescent religiosity and attitudes to HIV and AIDS in Ghana

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