Religious Commitment and Sexual Behavior in Dating Among Young Adult Muslim Women in Indonesia Who Are Veiled and Not Veiled
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201125.003How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- dating, muslim women, religious commitment, sexual behavior, veil, young adult
- Abstract
Religious commitment can be a predictor of sexual behavior, and wearing a veil may be a characteristic of religious commitment. This study investigated the relationship of religious commitment and sexual behavior in dating among 265 young adult (20–38 years) Muslim women in Indonesia who are veiled and not veiled (200 vs. 65 women, respectively). In addition, the study sought to determine if religious commitment and sexual behavior among the veiled women were associated with their reasons for veiling. Data were collected using the Religious Commitment Inventory-10 (Indonesian version) and Sexual Behavior Inventory. Overall, results showed a moderate level of religious commitment among study participants, with significantly higher religious commitment for veiled versus not-veiled women. Both groups were involved in sexual behaviors in dating; however, less involvement was noted for veiled versus not-veiled women. A significant negative relationship was noted between participants’ religious commitment and sexual behavior. Among the veiled women, those who were veiled on the grounds of carrying out religious orders and of their own desires had the highest degree of religious commitment, whereas those who were veiled because they obeyed the religious rules had the lowest religious commitment.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Anisa Fadilah AU - Winarini Wilman D. Mansoer PY - 2020 DA - 2020/11/27 TI - Religious Commitment and Sexual Behavior in Dating Among Young Adult Muslim Women in Indonesia Who Are Veiled and Not Veiled BT - Joint proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Intervention and Applied Psychology (ICIAP 2019) and the 4th Universitas Indonesia Psychology Symposium for Undergraduate Research (UIPSUR 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 35 EP - 45 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201125.003 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201125.003 ID - Fadilah2020 ER -