Religion and sex in a university sample: Data bearing on mol's hypothesis

Mol's hypothesis concerning the incompatibility of simultaneous “commitment” to sex and religion was tested on 177 students who answered questions relating to their sexual attitudes and behaviour, religious belief and church attendance. A filtering procedure was developed to estimate the tendency to lie in such questionnaires and to exclude suspect responses from the final analysis. Mol's hypothesis was not supported. Religious people tend to be as active sexually as non‐religious, but are more likely to confine themselves to conduct endorsed by religious norms. 1973 Australian Psychological Society