Religion and vulnerability among low-risk adolescents

2025-01-16 Classification：Religion Click()
Author：Regnerus, MD; Elder, GH

Article Title：Religion and vulnerability among low-risk adolescents

Abstract：
Studies of resilient youth have documented the helpful influence of religion in their lives. In the absence of positive influences among high-risk youth, religion and religious organizations in particular often serve to promote prosocial outcomes. This study, on the other hand, investigates whether religion and religious change are comparably effective influences in reducing the vulnerability of low-risk youth to drinking, drug use, delinquency, problems in school, and poor grades. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study identified at least one influential aspect of religion that serves as a direct protective factor across each mode of vulnerability, and also documented indirect pathways of religious influence. We discuss the findings and consider the variable influence of religion on youth. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science (USA). All rights reserved.

Keywords: religion; religious influence; adolescent behavior; alcohol use; drug use; delinquency; education; protective effects; vulnerability

DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(03)00027-9

Source：SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH

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