Attitude toward Christianity, sexual orientation, and parental religiosity in a sample of Italian adolescents

Literature suggests that several demographic variables are linked with religiosity in adolescence, such as gender, age and parental religiosity. The sample consisted of 910 young people (53% female) between 14 and 19 years of age, attending secular secondary schools in Rome, Italy. They self-identif...

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Authors: Baiocco, Roberto (Author) ; Crea, Giuseppe 1957- (Author) ; Ioverno, Salvatore (Author) ; Laghi, Fiorenzo (Author) ; Pistella, Jessica (Author) ; Rosati, Fausta (Author) ; Tanzilli, Annalisa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2018]
In: Journal of beliefs and values
Year: 2018, Volume: 39, Issue: 3, Pages: 298-303
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Italy / Teenagers (13-19 Jahre) / Christianity / Sexual orientation / Parents / Religiosity
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KBJ Italy
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B Sexual Orientation
B attitude toward Christianity
B Adolescents
B Religiosity
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Summary:Literature suggests that several demographic variables are linked with religiosity in adolescence, such as gender, age and parental religiosity. The sample consisted of 910 young people (53% female) between 14 and 19 years of age, attending secular secondary schools in Rome, Italy. They self-identified as heterosexual adolescents (91.6%), and lesbian/gay (LG) adolescents (8.4%). High scores of positive attitudes toward God, Jesus, the Bible, prayer and church were associated with female gender, higher father's religiosity, and higher mother's religiosity, but not with age of the participants. As expected, heterosexual orientation was associated with a more positive attitude toward Christianity, controlling for sex, age, and parental religiosity.
ISSN:1469-9362
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2017.1382647