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- Values, Religion, and Culture in Adolescent Development
- Series page
- Values, Religion, and Culture in Adolescent Development
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part One Theoretical Perspectives on Values, Religion, and Adolescent Development in Cultural Context
- Part Two Universal and Culture-specific Functions of Adolescent Values and Religion
- Part Three Impact of Values and Religion on Adolescent Adjustment in Times of Social Change
- Part Four Socialization Processes of Values and Religion in Adolescent Development
- 14 Attachment and Religious Development in Adolescence The Implications of Culture
- 15 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Adolescents’ Religiosity and Family Orientation
- 16 Religion and the Intergenerational Continuity of Values
- 17 Adolescents’ Social Development and the Role of Religion
- 18 Hindu Religious Values and Their Influence on Youths in India
- Index
15 - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Adolescents’ Religiosity and Family Orientation
from Part Four - Socialization Processes of Values and Religion in Adolescent Development
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 September 2012
- Values, Religion, and Culture in Adolescent Development
- Series page
- Values, Religion, and Culture in Adolescent Development
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part One Theoretical Perspectives on Values, Religion, and Adolescent Development in Cultural Context
- Part Two Universal and Culture-specific Functions of Adolescent Values and Religion
- Part Three Impact of Values and Religion on Adolescent Adjustment in Times of Social Change
- Part Four Socialization Processes of Values and Religion in Adolescent Development
- 14 Attachment and Religious Development in Adolescence The Implications of Culture
- 15 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Adolescents’ Religiosity and Family Orientation
- 16 Religion and the Intergenerational Continuity of Values
- 17 Adolescents’ Social Development and the Role of Religion
- 18 Hindu Religious Values and Their Influence on Youths in India
- Index
Summary
This chapter explores cultural and individual religious roots of adolescents’ family orientation on the basis of multilevel analyses with data from 17 cultural groups. Religion and the family are seen as intertwined social institutions. The family as a source of social support has been identified as an important mediator of the effects of religiosity on adolescent developmental outcomes. The results of the current study show that religiosity was related to different aspects of adolescents’ family orientation (traditional family values, value of children, and family future orientation), and that the culture-level effects of religiosity on family orientation were stronger than the individual-level effects. At the cultural level, socioeconomic development added to the effect of religiosity, indicating that societal affluence combined with nonreligious secular orientations is linked to a lower family orientation, especially with regard to traditional family values. The authors suggest that individual religiosity may be of special importance for adolescents’ family orientation in contexts where religiosity has lost some significance but religious traditions are still alive and can be (re-)connected to.
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- Values, Religion, and Culture in Adolescent Development , pp. 341 - 369Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012
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