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Author: Smith, Christian
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1. Smith, Christian
Kim, Phillip
Family Religious Involvement and the Quality of Parental Relationships for Families with Early Adolescents
NSYR Report Number 5, National Study of Youth and Religion, December 2003.
Also: http://www.youthandreligion.org/sites/youthandreligion.org/files/imported/publications/docs/family-report2.pdf
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR)
Keyword(s): Family Influences; Parent-Child Interaction; Parent-Child Relationship/Closeness; Parenthood; Religious Influences

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Religiously involved families of early adolescents, ages 12 to14, living in the United States appear to have significantly stronger relationships between mothers and fathers than families that are not religiously active. This report examines associations between three dimensions of family religious involvement (the number of days per week the family does something religious, parental worship service attendance and parental prayer) and the quality of the relationship between teens' mothers and fathers. All 12 of the family relationship variables examined for this report were significantly related to some dimension of family religious involvement, after controlling for the possible effects of eight control variables.

Youth with both a mother figure and a father figure living in the household were asked a series of questions about the relationship between their parents. Teens were asked questions such as whether their mothers and fathers express love for each other, compromise with each other, insult each other, and other indicators of the quality of the parental relationship. The responses to these questions indicate that family religious involvement is strongly associated with the quality of the relationship between the mothers and fathers of the youth respondents.

Bibliography Citation
Smith, Christian and Phillip Kim. "Family Religious Involvement and the Quality of Parental Relationships for Families with Early Adolescents." NSYR Report Number 5, National Study of Youth and Religion, December 2003.