Family Facts: Social Science Research on Family, Society & Religion
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Good Behavior: Parents' Religious Attendance and Children's Conduct
August 1, 2007
| Parents'
religious attendance influences their children's development, according
to a study analyzing a national sample of over 20,000 kindergarteners
and first-graders. Children were less likely to exhibit behavioral problems at school if either of their parents attended religious services or if both parents attended church with the same frequency, whether sporadically or frequently, than children whose parents did not attend religious services at all. 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 parental religiosity and child development:
 Children whose parents attended religious services tended to exhibit higher levels of self-control in the home...(more) Children whose parents attended religious services tended to demonstrate higher levels of social competency...(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 |