Attitudes of Fundamentalists toward Nonmarital Sex

Abstract

This study assessed the attitudes of fundamentalists and nonfundamentalists toward nonmarital sex. Subjects were 151 college students. Fundamentalists were significantly less accepting of both premarital and extramarital sexual relations than nonfundamentalists. A sex difference was also evident regardless of religious indication; males showed more approval than females for both types of nonmarital sex. Implications are discussed.