Yielding to Deviant Temptation: A Quasi-Experimental Examination of the Inhibiting Power of Intrinsic Religious Motivation

Smith, Tony; Rizzo, Elaine; Empie, Kristine M.

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“…In line with positive youth development theory, attending religious activities, staying after school for extracurricular activities, and going to a job may also help to keep at-risk teens physically ''out of harm's way,'' by limiting their exposure to potentially bad influences in their neighborhoods (Smith, Rizzo, & Empie, 2005). Religious participation also enhanced positive well-being for Hispanic teens regardless of neighborhood context, but the unanswered question is why religious participation had no effect for Black teens, given the prominent role of religion in African American culture.…”

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Community involvement and adolescent mental health: moderating effects of race/ethnicity and neighborhood disadvantage

Hull

Kilbourne

Reece

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Journal Community Psychology

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Social development and stress process theories suggest that participation in one's community can function as a protective factor for mental health, especially for youth from socioeconomically disadvantaged areas. However, the effects of community involvement on adolescent mental health could vary across racial/ethnic groups and levels of neighborhood disadvantage. The objectives of this paper are to: (1) examine the effects of various types of community involvement on adolescent mental health, and (2) assess the extent to which race/ethnicity and neighborhood disadvantage moderate the effects of community involvement on adolescent mental health. Using data from two waves (1994/95 and 1996) of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (“Add Health,” N=7,863), multilevel (hierarchical) linear models were estimated that tested for interaction effects of race/ethnicity and neighborhood disadvantage. The types of community participation that impacted adolescent mental health varied across racial/ethnic groups. Neighborhood interaction and religious participation were salient for both White and Hispanic teens, but the impact of religious participation for Whites was moderated by neighborhood disadvantage. Non‐sport extracurricular activities and employment were the salient factors for Black teens, both of which were moderated by neighborhood disadvantage. The findings from this study have implications for community‐level and clinical interventions to prevent and/or treat mental health problems among adolescents. Social integration interventions should take into account adolescents' cultural backgrounds and socioeconomic contexts in order to be effective. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Community involvement and adolescent mental health: moderating effects of race/ethnicity and neighborhood disadvantage

Hull

Kilbourne

Reece

et al. 2008

Journal Community Psychology

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“…T hough recent empirical evidence indicates that religiosity serves to buffer against adolescent deviant behavior (Baier & Wright, 2001;Barkan, 2006;Hoffman & Bahr, 2005;B. Johnson, De Li, Larson, & McCullough, 2000;Regnerus, 2005;Schreck, Burek, & Clark-Miller, 2007;Simons, Simons, & Conger, 2004;T. Smith, Rizzo, & Empie, 2005), simply attributing a negative relationship to religiosity and deviance may not be sufficient to fully understand the nature of the interaction between these two constructs (e.g., Regnerus & Smith, 2005).…”

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Does Family Process Mediate the Effect of Religiosity On Adolescent Deviance?

Pickering

Vazsonyi

2009

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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A considerable amount of research has been conducted on the nature of the relationship between both religiosity and family process with deviance. There are few studies, however, that investigate the interplay among religiosity, family process, and deviance. The current study sought to examine whether family process mediates the relationship between religiosity (conceptualized as ritualistic participation and relational practice) and deviance. High school students ( N = 865) responded to survey questions dealing with religiosity (two scales), family process (six scales for both mothers and fathers), and deviance (seven subscales and a total deviance scale). A structural equation modeling (SEM) analytic approach was used. Results indicated that family process did not mediate the relationship between religiosity and deviance. Relational practice was found to be a more robust predictor of deviant behavior than ritualistic participation. Future research in this area should seek to improve methods of data collection (e.g., multimethod) and to develop better scalar measures of religiosity.

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“…Research has shown that beliefs about religion, such as belief in a caring God and the perceived importance of religion, were related to lower levels of deviance (Koenig, 2004;Leigh et al, 2005; T. R. Smith et al, 2005;Welch et al, 2006). The deviance-suppressing effect of the attitudinal dimension is attributed to deeply internalized values and norms that originate with religiosity (Patock-Peckham et al, 1998).…”

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The Effect of Muslim Religiosity on Youth Delinquency

Sahin

Ünlü

2020

Criminal Justice Review

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Conceptualizing religiosity as a multidimensional construct, this study aimed to investigate the influence of religiosity on youth delinquency. Three dimensions of religiosity—belief about religion, religious practice, and religious social environment—were examined as predictors of delinquency. The survey data collected in 2010 by the Governance of Istanbul, Istanbul Department of Education, and Istanbul Police Department were used. Participants were high school students ( n = 31,272) between 14 and 18 years. Structural equation modeling was used for statistical analysis and hypothesis testing. The study found a relationship between the dimensions of religiosity and delinquency. While dimensions of beliefs about the religion and religious social environment correlate negatively with delinquency, the dimension of religious practices correlates positively with it. Belief about one’s religion was found to be the strongest of the three dimensions. The findings suggested that religion has the potential to reduce the risk of delinquency among youth. Implications for future research and policy makers were also discussed.

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Yielding to Deviant Temptation: A Quasi-Experimental Examination of the Inhibiting Power of Intrinsic Religious Motivation

Cited by 12 publications

References 40 publications

Community involvement and adolescent mental health: moderating effects of race/ethnicity and neighborhood disadvantage

Community involvement and adolescent mental health: moderating effects of race/ethnicity and neighborhood disadvantage

Does Family Process Mediate the Effect of Religiosity On Adolescent Deviance?

The Effect of Muslim Religiosity on Youth Delinquency

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