Abstract

MARTINS, Alberto M.  and  NASCIMENTO, Adriano Roberto Afonso do. Gender and its implications for religious practices: Exploratory study among Brazilian universities. Psicol. teor. prat. [online]. 2022, vol.24, n.3, ePTPSP14140.  Epub Mar 10, 2025. ISSN 1516-3687.  https://doi.org/10.5935/1980-6906/eptpsp14140.en.

As social practices, religions reproduce discourses that reflect society. This study aimed to analyze the gender’s implications for the religious practices of a group of Brazilian university men and women. Five hundred and sixty-one university students from different undergraduate programs from all regions of Brazil participated in the study, selected through a convenience sample, who answered a virtual form with 48 questions, analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results show the importance of religiosity in the daily life of Brazilian university students and reveal the differences in the way men and women conceive and put it into practice. Women consider themselves more religious and have a greater repertoire of religious beliefs and practices than men, using them more often as a support for the challenges of university life. The data also reveal the importance of proposals that allow for spaces for the discussion of religiosity at the university level.

Keywords : religion; social construction of gender; universities; religion and psychology; social psychology.

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