Recent research suggests that little is known about how parental religiosity influences child development, in particular the development of religiosity in children. Although research posits that direct communication of parental religiosity and authoritative parenting practices facilitate the transmission of parental religiosity to children, more work is needed in this area. Specifically, although several studies examined some characteristics in combination, very few studies have examined parental religiosity, parenting practices, and child religiosity simultaneously with respect to how those characteristics predicted child outcomes. Thus, the current study investigated the relationships among perceived parental religiosity, emerging adult religiosity, perceived parenting practices, and emerging adult psychological adjustment as reported by 486 emerging adults. Data were analyzed with a two-stage structural equation modeling approach. Results of measurement models demonstrated significant correlations among all of the constructs examined, and results of structural models demonstrated that the effect of perceived parental religiosity on emerging adult psychological adjustment was mediated by emerging adult religiosity and perceived positive parenting practices. Structural models further indicated that emerging adult religiosity maintained a significant relationship with emerging adult psychological adjustment when examined simultaneously with perceived positive parenting practices. Thus, perceived parental religiosity was related indirectly to emerging adult psychological adjustment through emerging adult religiosity and perceived positive parenting practices, and emerging adult religiosity and perceived positive parenting practices were related directly to emerging adult psychological adjustment.
Recent research has suggested that religion may play an important role in determining mental health. Although research has examined the effects of religiosity on specific types of psychopathology, less research has examined psychopathology broadly in the context of particular aspects of religion. Thus, the current study examined intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity and a range of psychopathology in 486 emerging adult college students. Results of a MANOVA indicated a main effect for intrinsic religiosity on a range of psychopathology and an interaction effect between intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity on antisocial personality problems. Implications and limitations of the current study are discussed.
Research links decreased playtime during early education and rigid parenting to poorer outcomes in children. However, it is not known how the effects of playtime extend into emerging adulthood. Thus, the current study examines perceived parenting, perceived childhood playtime, and psychopathology as reported by 328 emerging adults ranging in age from 18 to 25 years. Measures of perceived parenting included the Parental Bonding Instrument, Parental Authority Questionnaire, and Parental Environment Questionnaire. A perceptions of play questionnaire was developed to measure childhood playtime for the current study. Measures of psychopathology included the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Inventory and the Adult Self-Report. Structural equation modeling was used to examine correlations among the latent factors in measurement models and path coefficients in structural models. Results indicate that perceived positive parenting and perceived childhood playtime are associated with reported psychopathology. Further, perceived positive parenting is associated with perceived childhood playtime in females but not in males. Overall, results suggest the importance of childhood playtime as well as gender effects related to parenting. Implications of results are discussed as related to research and practice, including play therapy.
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