Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality as a Moderator for the Influences of Parents’ Religiousness on Adolescents’ Religiousness and Adjustment

Kim‐Spoon, Jungmeen; Longo, Gregory S.; McCullough, Michael E.

doi:10.1007/s10964-012-9796-1

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“…In particular, when examining the contributions of adolescents’ religiousness to their EP, consideration of parent religiousness is crucial because of its relation to both adolescent religiousness and adjustment. Adolescents’ religious commitment is often influenced by their parents’ endorsement of such religious beliefs or engagement in religious activities (Kim-Spoon, Longo, & McCullough, 2012a) and previous research has found a strong resemblance between parent and adolescent religiousness (Flor & Knapp, 2001; Laird et al, 2011; Landor, Simons, Simons, Brody, & Gibbons, 2011). Thus one way by which parent religiousness can influence adolescent EP is through adolescent religiousness.…”

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Why are Religiousness and Spirituality Associated with Externalizing Psychopathology? A Literature Review

Holmes

Kim‐Spoon

2015

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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This review explores the relation of religiousness and spirituality with externalizing psychopathology in adolescence given the heightened externalizing psychopathology during this developmental period. Utilizing a developmental psychopathology framework, previous literature is reviewed focusing on the diversity of pathways from religiousness and spirituality to externalizing psychopathology at multiple levels of analysis. Moreover, the pathways considered include both intraindividual factors (e.g., self-control, monitoring, delay discounting and time orientation, and neurobiological regulatory systems) and ecological factors (e.g., intergenerational transmission, parent-child relationships, and community relationships). These pathways are explored in light of theoretical viewpoints including social control theory, divine interaction theory, and the religious ecology model. Limitations of extant work are examined, including measurement and design issues, exploration of potential negative effects of religiousness and spirituality, and bias towards Western religions. Finally, future directions of research and clinical implications are discussed.

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Why are Religiousness and Spirituality Associated with Externalizing Psychopathology? A Literature Review

Holmes

Kim‐Spoon

2015

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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“…Thus, strong ethnic identities in youth may help to promote the transmission of religious beliefs and practices between African American parents and adolescents; in contrast, youth with weaker identities may be less receptive to internalizing the religious beliefs and modeling the practices of their parents (King, 2003). As noted, most research on youth religiosity has focused on European American samples (Kim-Spoon et al, 2012; Leonard et al, 2013) or has used ethnic comparative designs (Brown et al, 2001; Greenberg & Stoppelbein, 2002; Molock & Barksdale, 2013). Thus, to advance understanding of the role of sociocultural factors that may be unique to African American families, we tested two dimensions of ethnic identity (i.e., exploration and commitment) as potential moderators of the links between parents' and youths' religiosity.…”

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The role of mothers’ and fathers’ religiosity in African American adolescents’ religious beliefs and practices.

Halgunseth

Jensen

Sakuma

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Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

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Objectives To advance understanding of youth religiosity in its sociocultural context, this study examined the associations between parents' and adolescents' religious beliefs and practices and tested the roles of parent and youth gender and youth ethnic identity in these linkages. Methods The sample included 130, two-parent, African American families. Adolescents (49% female) averaged 14.43 years old. Mothers, fathers, and adolescents were interviewed in their homes about their family and personal characteristics, including their religious beliefs. In a series of seven nightly phone calls, adolescents reported on their daily practices , including time spent in religious practices (e.g., attending services, prayer), and parents reported on their time spent in religious practices with their adolescents. Results Findings indicated that mothers' beliefs were linked to the beliefs of sons and daughters, but fathers' beliefs were only associated with the beliefs of sons. Mothers' practices were associated with youths' practices, but the link was stronger when mothers' held moderately strong religious beliefs. Fathers' practices were also linked to youth practices, but the association was stronger for daughters than for sons. Conclusions Findings highlight the understudied role of fathers in African American families, the importance of examining religiosity as a multidimensional construct, and the utility of ethnic homogeneous designs for illuminating the implications of sociocultural factors in the development of African American youth.

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“…Prior investigations have demonstrated that parents’ religiousness is related inversely to substance use and externalizing problems among adolescents (Brody & Flor, 1998; Kim-Spoon, Longo, & McCullough, 2012; Laird, Marks, & Marrero, 2011). One route by which parents’ religiousness can influence adolescent outcomes is parental involvement in children’s development of self-regulatory abilities.…”

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Processes Linking Parents’ and Adolescents’ Religiousness and Adolescent Substance Use: Monitoring and Self-Control

Kim‐Spoon

Farley

Holmes

et al. 2013

J Youth Adolescence

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Empirical evidence suggests that religiousness is related negatively to adolescent substance use; yet, we know little about how such protective effects might occur. The current study examined whether parents’ and adolescents’ religiousness are associated positively with parental, religious, and self-monitoring, which in turn are related to higher self-control, thereby related to lower adolescent substance use. Participants were 220 adolescents (45% female) who were interviewed at ages 10–16 and again 2.4 years later. Structural equation modeling analyses suggested that higher adolescents’ religiousness at Time 1 was related to lower substance use at Time 2 indirectly through religious monitoring, self-monitoring, and self-control. Higher parents’ religiousness at Time 1 was associated with higher parental monitoring at Time 2, which in turn was related to lower adolescent substance use at Time 2 directly and indirectly through higher adolescent self-control. The results illustrate that adolescents with high awareness of being monitored by God are likely to show high self-control abilities and, consequently, low substance use. The findings further suggest that adolescents’ religiousness as well as their religious environments (e.g., familial context) can facilitate desirable developmental outcomes.

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Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality as a Moderator for the Influences of Parents’ Religiousness on Adolescents’ Religiousness and Adjustment

Cited by 40 publications

References 51 publications

Why are Religiousness and Spirituality Associated with Externalizing Psychopathology? A Literature Review

Why are Religiousness and Spirituality Associated with Externalizing Psychopathology? A Literature Review

The role of mothers’ and fathers’ religiosity in African American adolescents’ religious beliefs and practices.

Processes Linking Parents’ and Adolescents’ Religiousness and Adolescent Substance Use: Monitoring and Self-Control

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