Predictors of Religiosity among Youth Aged 17-22: A Longitudinal Study of the National Survey of Children Export

@article{citeulike:2547195, abstract = {Predictors of youth religiosity were developed from eight domains: childhood training, religious schooling, cognitive ability, psychodynamic need, parenting style, role models, family life cycle, and background demographics. Data are from the National Survey of Children (NSC). Predictors were assessed when participants were 7-11 and 11-16 years of age. Religiosity was assessed when participants were 17-22 years (N = 1,046). After identifying the best predictors within a domain, an across-domain regression analysis was conducted to determine the predictors' relative contributions. The best predictors of youth religiosity were ethnicity and peers' church attendance during high school. Other predictors were, in order of decreasing magnitude: residence in the south, gender, religious schooling during childhood, maternal religiosity, church attendance during childhood, the importance mothers placed on childhood religious training, and an interaction variable identifying religious mothers who were very supportive. These analyses attest to the primacy of religious role models in the development of youth religiosity.}, author = {Gunnoe, Marjorie L. and Moore, Kristin A.}, citeulike-article-id = {2547195}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1387478}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/1387478}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.lib.ou.edu/sici?sici=0021-8294%282002%29%3A%3C613%3APORAYA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y&origin=serialsolutions}, doi = {10.2307/1387478}, issn = {00218294}, journal = {Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion}, keywords = {longitudinal, nsc, predictors, religion}, number = {4}, pages = {613--622}, posted-at = {2009-09-11 12:50:31}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Publishing on behalf of Society for the Scientific Study of Religion}, title = {Predictors of Religiosity among Youth Aged 17-22: A Longitudinal Study of the National Survey of Children}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1387478}, volume = {41}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2547195 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2547195 N2 - Predictors of youth religiosity were developed from eight domains: childhood training, religious schooling, cognitive ability, psychodynamic need, parenting style, role models, family life cycle, and background demographics. Data are from the National Survey of Children (NSC). Predictors were assessed when participants were 7-11 and 11-16 years of age. Religiosity was assessed when participants were 17-22 years (N = 1,046). After identifying the best predictors within a domain, an across-domain regression analysis was conducted to determine the predictors' relative contributions. The best predictors of youth religiosity were ethnicity and peers' church attendance during high school. Other predictors were, in order of decreasing magnitude: residence in the south, gender, religious schooling during childhood, maternal religiosity, church attendance during childhood, the importance mothers placed on childhood religious training, and an interaction variable identifying religious mothers who were very supportive. These analyses attest to the primacy of religious role models in the development of youth religiosity. IS - 4 JF - Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion SN - 00218294 EP - 622 TI - Predictors of Religiosity among Youth Aged 17-22: A Longitudinal Study of the National Survey of Children PB - Blackwell Publishing on behalf of Society for the Scientific Study of Religion VL - 41 SP - 613 KW - longitudinal KW - nsc KW - predictors KW - religion AU - Gunnoe, Marjorie AU - Moore, Kristin PY - 2002/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1387478 ER -