TY - JOUR
T1 - Declines in Religiousness Dimensions across Adolescence as Predictors of Religious Deidentification in Young Adulthood
AU - Hardy, Sam A.
AU - Hendricks, Justin
AU - Nelson, Jenae M.
AU - Schwadel, Philip
N1 - Funding Information:
This research uses data from the National Study of Youth and Religion, a research project designed by Christian Smith of the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame and generously funded by the Lilly Endowment. The authors would also like to thank Joseph Olsen at Brigham Young University for statistical consultation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Society for Research on Adolescence.
PY - 2023/3
Y1 - 2023/3
N2 - The present study examined whether declines in religiousness across adolescence precede religious deidentification in young adulthood. Data came from the National Study of Youth and Religion. Participants were religiously affiliated for the first three waves of the longitudinal study (N = 1144). Latent growth curve models found significant declines across adolescence in church attendance, prayer, scripture study, religious importance, and spirituality, whereas doubt was stable across time. Then, logistic regression models specified the latent intercepts and slopes as predictors of later (Wave 4) deidentification. Significant negative links were found for the intercepts and slopes on church attendance, prayer, scripture study, religious importance, and spirituality. For doubt, a significant, positive link was found for the intercept.
AB - The present study examined whether declines in religiousness across adolescence precede religious deidentification in young adulthood. Data came from the National Study of Youth and Religion. Participants were religiously affiliated for the first three waves of the longitudinal study (N = 1144). Latent growth curve models found significant declines across adolescence in church attendance, prayer, scripture study, religious importance, and spirituality, whereas doubt was stable across time. Then, logistic regression models specified the latent intercepts and slopes as predictors of later (Wave 4) deidentification. Significant negative links were found for the intercepts and slopes on church attendance, prayer, scripture study, religious importance, and spirituality. For doubt, a significant, positive link was found for the intercept.
KW - religiosity
KW - religious deconversion
KW - religious deidentification
KW - religious disaffiliation
KW - religiousness
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U2 - 10.1111/jora.12786
DO - 10.1111/jora.12786
M3 - Article
C2 - 35860849
AN - SCOPUS:85134512447
SN - 1050-8392
VL - 33
SP - 141
EP - 153
JO - Journal of Research on Adolescence
JF - Journal of Research on Adolescence
IS - 1
ER -