Religion and the life attitudes and self-images of American adolescents
By: by Christian Smith and Robert Faris.
Contributors: Faris, Robert, 1973-; National Study of Youth & Religion (U.S.)
Series: A research report of the National Study of Youth & Religion ;; no. 2; Research report of the National Study of Youth and Religion ;; no. 2.
Publisher: National Study of Youth and Religion
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, NC (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB# 3507, Chapel Hill 27599-3057)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Teenagers -- Religious life -- United States.; Teenagers -- United States -- Attitudes.; Self-esteem in adolescence -- United States.; Self-perception in adolescence -- United States.
Description: This report, based on nationally representative survey data, this report indicates that religious U.S. 12th graders have significantly higher self-esteem and hold more positive attitudes about life in general than their less religious peers. Of the 13 attitudinal variables this report examines, only one was not significantly related to some dimension of religion when controlling for the effects of nine other variables such as age, race, sex and family structure. The religion factors most commonly related to these outcomes are religious service attendance and importance of religion, although religious affiliation and youth group participation were also important in many cases.