Abstract:

The associations between Religiosity, personality traits and sexual behaviours have been widely studied in the general population and among university students; however, less is known about this relationship among Christian spiritual leaders (Pastors). This study explores the predicting influence of religiosity, facets of personality and sexual behaviour of Christian clergy in south western Nigeria. One hundred and sixty-three (163) participants (112 males, 51 female), mean age 34.7± 0.1 were purposively selected and responded to Big-five Inventory (BFI), a Religious Orientation Test (ROT) and Brief Sexual Attitudes Scale (BSAS). Religiosity significantly predicts sexual behaviour, personality traits jointly predicted sexual behaviour, religiosity and personality traits significantly jointly predicted sexual behaviour, and denomination and sex had no significant influence on sexual behaviours of the Christian clergies. Findings demonstrate that religiosity and personality constructs influence several dimensions of sexuality in unique ways.

Keywords: Religiosity, personality traits, sexual behaviour, Christian clergy.

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