Family Facts: Social Science Research on Family, Society & Religion
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factors play an important role in the development of adolescent religiosity.
A 2004 study found that, in addition to family structure and parental
religiosity, teens' satisfaction with their families correlated with
their religious practice and faith. Teens who enjoyed being with and felt understood by their families were more likely to attend religious services and consider religion an important part of their lives than peers who reported being less satisfied with their families. As well, improvement in family satisfaction was associated with increased attendance of religious services and assigning more importance to religious faith. Read this finding The Heritage Foundation's familyfacts.org catalogs social science findings on the family, society and religion gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, books and government surveys. Serving policymakers, journalists, scholars and the general public, familyfacts.org makes social science research easily accessible to the non-specialist. |
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Findings on Family and Teen Religiosity:
 Teens from intact families were more likely to attend religious services and consider religion to be important...(more) Parents', friends', and schoolmates' patterns of attendance of religious services influenced teens' attendance of religious services...(more) Family Research Experts:
Pat Fagan William H. G. FitzGerald Research Fellow in Family and Cultural Issues Christine Kim Policy Analyst, Domestic Policy Studies Jennifer Marshall Director, Domestic Policy Studies For Interviews call Media Relations at (202) 675-1761 |
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Events:Religious Practice and Civic Life: What the Research Says October 4, 2007 |