A Study of Sexual Attitude, it’s Bearing to Sexual Knowledge and Strength of Religious Faith amongst College Going Youth in Ahmedabad City

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Rising crime rates (of sexual nature),contemporary lacunae in formal sex education and dearth ofIndian studies on this topic underlies as to why this study wasconceptualized. Current research aimed to study the strengthof religious faith, sexual knowledge in the college goingstudents in Ahmedabad city; and the bearing these variableshave on their attitude towards sex.Material and methods: Ours was a cross sectional,convenient sample based study in which the study sample(consenting subjects) comprised of 299 commerce and artsstudents. Subjects were given semi structured Performa withsex knowledge and attitude questionnaire (SKAQ) and SantaClara strength of religious faith Questionnaire (SCSRFQ).Descriptive analysis was done by SPSS 20.0.Result: Out of 299 subjects, 51.5% were males and 48.5%were females. On SKAQ, mean knowledge and attitudescore was 15.35 and 18.84 respectively. Males, those livingin joint families and those reporting of a history of sexualexposure before 15 years of age were found to have bettersexual knowledge. Subjects from joint families and those whoreported of a history of sexual exposure had liberal attitudetowards sex. Scores on SCSRFQ and SKAQ (both knowledgeand attitude scores) were found to be significantly correlated(p<0.05).Conclusion: Students who had a liberal attitude towards sexalso had better knowledge and a strong religious faith.