Background

Adolescence is a time when beliefs and values are developed and when the influences of the significant others take shape in the life of the future young adult and manifest themselves in affecting the level of religiosity. Apart from other factors, the relationship between adolescents and parents is essential for understanding the development of religiosity. Although numerous studies show an association between the religiosity of parents and adolescents’ beliefs and practices, there is a need for a deeper understanding of the mechanism of religious socialization within the family.

Purpose

This study seeks to explain how adolescents’ religious beliefs and participation relates to the religiosity of significant others, relationship with their parents and other individual factors such as gender and parents’ education and occupation.

Methods

As part of the Youth in Europe programe, a questionnaire-based study was conducted in 108 randomly selected classes from 84 high-schools in Bucharest, Romania. Data from 2604 respondents was used to identify the factors associated with religiosity at the individual, familial and social environment level of high school students.

Results

The main findings reveal that adolescents with better relationships with their parents are more religious in terms of religious beliefs and religious participation than those with lesser relationships. Girls show a higher level of individual religiosity than boys, but boys attend more often religious services. Furthermore, adolescents coming from families with lower socioeconomic status have higher scores on religious beliefs, but they score lower on religious participation.

Conclusions and Implications

Adolescents' religiosity relates to/associates with many variables, being a dynamic process. Its understanding resides in studying the complexity of relationships that shape the development of religious belief and behavior.

中文翻译：

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与城市高中生宗教信仰相关的个人、家庭和社会环境因素

背景

青春期是信仰和价值观发展的时期，重要他人的影响在未来年轻人的生活中形成，并体现在影响宗教信仰的程度。除了其他因素外，青少年与父母之间的关系对于理解宗教信仰的发展至关重要。尽管大量研究表明父母的宗教信仰与青少年的信仰和实践之间存在关联，但仍需要更深入地了解家庭内部宗教社会化的机制。

目的

本研究旨在解释青少年的宗教信仰和参与与重要他人的宗教信仰、与父母的关系以及其他个人因素（如性别、父母的教育和职业）之间的关系。

方法

作为欧洲青年计划的一部分，在罗马尼亚布加勒斯特 84 所高中随机选择的 108 个班级中进行了一项基于问卷的研究。来自 2604 名受访者的数据被用来确定高中生在个人、家庭和社会环境层面上与宗教信仰相关的因素。

结果

主要发现表明，与父母关系较好的青少年在宗教信仰和宗教参与方面比与父母关系较差的青少年更虔诚。女孩比男孩表现出更高的个人宗教信仰，但男孩参加宗教仪式的频率更高。此外，来自社会经济地位较低家庭的青少年在宗教信仰方面得分较高，但在宗教参与方面得分较低。

结论和意义

青少年的宗教信仰与许多变量相关/关联，是一个动态过程。它的理解在于研究影响宗教信仰和行为发展的关系的复杂性。