Uecker Jeremy E
Department of Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, TX, 78712.
J Sci Study Relig. 2008 Dec;47(4):563-584. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2008.00427.x.
I analyze the effects of Catholic schooling, Protestant schooling, and homeschooling on adolescents' religious lives and test three mechanisms through which these schooling strategies might influence religiosity: friendship networks, network closure, and adult mentors. Data from Wave 1 of the National Survey of Youth and Religion suggest that Catholic schoolers attend religious services more frequently and value their faith more highly than public schoolers, but attend religious education classes and youth group less often. Protestant schoolers' involvement in their local congregation is similar to public schoolers', but their faith plays a more salient role in their life and they are more active in private religious activities. Homeschoolers do not differ significantly from public schoolers on any outcome considered. Moreover, friendship networks, network closure, and adult mentors play a very limited role in mediating the relationships between schooling strategies and adolescent religiosity. Interpretations of these findings are presented and discussed.
我分析了天主教学校教育、新教学校教育和家庭教育对青少年宗教生活的影响，并测试了这些教育策略可能影响宗教信仰的三种机制：友谊网络、网络封闭性和成年导师。来自全国青少年与宗教调查第一轮的数据表明，天主教学校的学生比公立学校的学生更频繁地参加宗教仪式，并且更重视他们的信仰，但参加宗教教育课程和青年团体的频率较低。新教学校的学生参与当地教会活动的情况与公立学校的学生相似，但他们的信仰在生活中扮演着更突出的角色，并且他们在私人宗教活动中更活跃。在任何所考虑的结果方面，在家接受教育的学生与公立学校的学生没有显著差异。此外，友谊网络、网络封闭性和成年导师在调节教育策略与青少年宗教信仰之间的关系方面所起的作用非常有限。本文对这些研究结果进行了解释和讨论。
