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This finding looks at the relationship between family religious involvement and quality of parental relationships.

Children in religious families were significantly more likely to report that their parents expressed their affection or love for one another than those in less religious families. Two dimensions of family religious involvement–family participation in religious activities at least once per week and parental prayer more than once per day—were associated with greater expression of love or affection between the parents, as reported by their children.

Sample or Data Description
Data came from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1997) (NLSY97), a nationally representative sample of American youth aged 12 to 16 as of December 1996. The study uses Round 1 data collected from both youths and their parents, or parent figures. The analytic sample is a subset consisting of 4,753 adolescents aged 12 to 14.

Source
"Family Religious Involvement and the Quality of Parental Relationships for Families with Early Adolescents"
Smith, Christian
Kim, Phillip
Research Report of the National Study of Youth and Religion Vol. 5, Number . , 2003. Page(s) 1-23.

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