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A systematic review of contemporaneous empirical studies was conducted to identify the risk and protective factors of intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity in adolescents in relation to their sexual behaviour. In addition, a comprehensive review of social science literature was performed using a ten–year period as a parameter (from 2009 to 2019) to capture recent trends. The justification for the systematic review was to report the findings from the analyses of this subsample of studies. This essay explains the article search procedure, followed by an overview and meta-synthesis of reviewed studies. The significance of this article is that it extends the existing knowledge to the area under investigation.

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Intrinsic religiosity extrinsic religiosity adolescents sexual behaviour Christian faith-based schools

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Olivia Bomester, Helderberg College of Higher Education, South Africa

Olivia Bomester is the current Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Education at Helderberg College of Higher Education – an Adventist tertiary institution which can be found in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Olivia has over 15 years of experience in lecturing. She is an Associate Professor in Psychology.

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Bomester, O. (2023). A Systematic Review of the Risk and Protective Factors of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Religiosity in Relation to Adolescent Sexual Behaviour. Pan-African Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 4(1). Retrieved from https://journals.aua.ke/pajes/article/view/322
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