青少年的家庭、宗教活动参与情况以及心理健康轨迹
Family, religious attendance, and trajectories of psychological well-being among youth.
作者信息
Petts Richard J
机构信息
Ball State University.
出版信息
J Fam Psychol. 2014 Dec;28(6):759-68. doi: 10.1037/a0036892. Epub 2014 May 12.
Despite numerous studies on adolescent well-being, longitudinal research on the influence of religion on well-being is lacking, and limited studies have looked at how family and religion may work in conjunction with one another to influence adolescent well-being. This study addresses these limitations by using longitudinal data on 5,739 youth to explore whether family structure, changes in family structure, parent-child relationship quality, and religious attendance (overall and with parents) influence trajectories of psychological well-being independently and in conjunction with one another. Results support previous research in showing that parental interaction and attending religious services with parent(s) in late childhood are associated with higher psychological well-being, whereas conflict with parents and residing in a nontraditional family in late childhood are associated with lower well-being among youth. Finally, there is evidence suggesting that attending religious services with parent(s) amplifies the positive influence of parental interaction on psychological well-being, and overall levels of religious attendance over time are less likely to increase well-being among adolescents raised by single parents than for adolescents raised by married parents.
尽管有大量关于青少年幸福感的研究,但缺乏关于宗教对幸福感影响的纵向研究,而且仅有有限的研究探讨了家庭和宗教如何相互作用以影响青少年的幸福感。本研究通过使用来自5739名青少年的纵向数据来解决这些局限性,以探究家庭结构、家庭结构的变化、亲子关系质量以及宗教参与情况(总体及与父母一起参与)是否单独以及相互结合地影响心理健康轨迹。研究结果支持了先前的研究,表明童年晚期的亲子互动以及与父母一起参加宗教活动与更高的心理健康水平相关,而童年晚期与父母的冲突以及生活在非传统家庭中则与青少年较低的幸福感相关。最后,有证据表明,与父母一起参加宗教活动会增强亲子互动对心理健康的积极影响,而且随着时间推移,单亲家庭青少年的总体宗教参与水平不太可能像已婚家庭青少年那样提高幸福感。