Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between parents' and youths' religiosity and adolescents' behavior.

Both parents' and children's religiosity was associated with a decrease in the likelihood that adolescents would drink, smoke, or engage in serious delinquent behavior, such as property damage and theft.


Sample or Data Description
National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, nationally representative study of adolescents in grades 7-12; working sample size was 11,890.


Source
"Linked Lives, Faith and Behavior: Intergenerational Religious Influence on Adolescent Delinquency"
Regnerus, Mark D.
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion Vol. 42, Number 2. , 2003. Page(s) 189-203.


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