Associations between sexual abstinence ideals, religiosity, and alcohol abstinence: a longitudinal study of Finnish twins.(Report): An article from: The Journal of Sex Research
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From the author: We analyzed prevalence and stability of attitudes endorsing sexual abstinence ideals from late adolescence into early adulthood and studied associations of these attitudes with religiosity and alcohol abstinence in a sexually liberal Nordic society. Our population-based sample of Finnish twins permitted comparisons of co-twins concordant for religiosity but discordant for drinking to evaluate the association of sexual abstinence ideals with alcohol abstinence, controlling for household environment. From age 17 to 24, endorsement of sexual abstinence as a romantic ideal declined from 25% to 15%. Religiosity and alcohol abstinence correlated, both separately and together, with endorsing sexual abstinence. Abstinence ideals were associated with literal belief in fundamental tenets of the Bible. The association of sexual abstinence ideals with alcohol abstinence was confirmed in within-family comparisons of co-twins discordant for drinking but concordant for religiosity. Alcohol-abstinent twins were significantly more likely than their non-alcohol-abstinent twin siblings to endorse sexual abstinence ideals; that result suggests the association of sexual abstinence ideals with abstaining from alcohol is not explained by unmeasured confounds in familial background and structure. Our longitudinal results and analyses of discordant twins suggest that attitudes toward sexual abstinence ideals are embedded within other conservative attitudes and behaviors.
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Title: Associations between sexual abstinence ideals, religiosity, and alcohol abstinence: a longitudinal study of Finnish twins.(Report)
Author: Torsten Winter
Publication:The Journal of Sex Research (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Volume: 51 Issue: 2 Page: 197(11)
Article Type: Report
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
From the author: We analyzed prevalence and stability of attitudes endorsing sexual abstinence ideals from late adolescence into early adulthood and studied associations of these attitudes with religiosity and alcohol abstinence in a sexually liberal Nordic society. Our population-based sample of Finnish twins permitted comparisons of co-twins concordant for religiosity but discordant for drinking to evaluate the association of sexual abstinence ideals with alcohol abstinence, controlling for household environment. From age 17 to 24, endorsement of sexual abstinence as a romantic ideal declined from 25% to 15%. Religiosity and alcohol abstinence correlated, both separately and together, with endorsing sexual abstinence. Abstinence ideals were associated with literal belief in fundamental tenets of the Bible. The association of sexual abstinence ideals with alcohol abstinence was confirmed in within-family comparisons of co-twins discordant for drinking but concordant for religiosity. Alcohol-abstinent twins were significantly more likely than their non-alcohol-abstinent twin siblings to endorse sexual abstinence ideals; that result suggests the association of sexual abstinence ideals with abstaining from alcohol is not explained by unmeasured confounds in familial background and structure. Our longitudinal results and analyses of discordant twins suggest that attitudes toward sexual abstinence ideals are embedded within other conservative attitudes and behaviors.
Citation Details
Title: Associations between sexual abstinence ideals, religiosity, and alcohol abstinence: a longitudinal study of Finnish twins.(Report)
Author: Torsten Winter
Publication:The Journal of Sex Research (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 1, 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Volume: 51 Issue: 2 Page: 197(11)
Article Type: Report
Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
