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- Title
Parental Religiosity and Youth Religiosity: Variations by Family Structure.
- Authors
Petts, Richard J.
- Abstract
Many studies have explored the links between family structure, parental religiosity, and youth religiosity, but results across studies have been inconsistent and have largely ignored new diverse family forms. Using data on 2,320 youth and their parents from the National Study of Youth and Religion, this study focused on whether and why religious transmission from parents to youth varies among diverse family structures. Results suggest that family structure is not directly related to youth religious outcomes, but that the influence of parental religiosity on religious participation and religious salience (but not closeness to God or private religious practices) was weaker for youth raised in stepfamilies, never-married single-parent families, and cohabiting families than for those raised by married biological/ adoptive parents. Results also suggest that less effective religious transmission within nontraditional families compared with traditional families is due (at least in part) to less effective religious socialization within these families.
- Subjects
PARENT-child relationships; RELIGIOUS life of parents; RELIGIOUS life youth; RELIGIOUS life of families; ADOPTIVE parents; STEPFAMILIES
- Publication
Sociology of Religion, 2015, Vol 76, Issue 1, p95
- ISSN
1069-4404
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/socrel/sru064