Collegiate Sexual Addiction: Exploring Religious Coping and Attachment

Abstract

Sexual addiction is prevalent among college students and warrants continued examination. Using a descriptive discriminant analysis, the authors assessed differences in attachment style and religious coping between students in the clinical range of sexual addiction ( n = 56) and those in the nonclinical range ( n = 270). Results indicated significant differences between the 2 groups, with a large effect size. Specifically, attachment anxiety and negative religious coping were most responsible for the explained variance.