The relationship between spirituality and religiosity on psychological outcomes in adolescents and emerging adults: A meta-analytic review
- 30 April 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Adolescence
- Vol. 35 (2), 299-314
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.08.010
Abstract
The present study used meta-analytic techniques to examine the association between spirituality and religiosity (S/R) and psychological outcomes in adolescents and emerging adults. The outcome measures of risk behavior, depression, well-being, self-esteem, and personality were examined with respect to the influence of S/R across 75 independent studies encompassing 66,273 adolescents and emerging adults extracted from electronic databases between 1990 and 2010. Results showed significant main effect sizes of S/R with several outcomes: risk behavior, −.17; depression, −.11; well-being, .16; self-esteem, .11; and the personality measures of Conscientiousness, .19; Agreeableness, .18; Openness, .14. Moderating effects were found for age, race, and type of S/R measure. Results show that S/R has a positive effect on psychological outcomes in adolescents and emerging adults. Possible explanations and implications of these results are discussed.This publication has 114 references indexed in Scilit:
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