Parents, Religion and Perceived Social Coherence: A Durkheimian Framework of Adolescent Anomie.
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| Title: | Parents, Religion and Perceived Social Coherence: A Durkheimian Framework of Adolescent Anomie. |
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| Authors: | Bjarnason, Thoroddur |
| Source: | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Wiley-Blackwell). Dec98, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p742-754. 13p. 1 Diagram, 4 Charts. |
| Subjects: | Religiousness, Religion, Well-being, Parents, Anomy, Social psychology |
| Abstract: | Different aspects of religiosity have been found to be positively related to physical, psychological and social well-being. Several scholars have suggested that religious beliefs, religious communities, and perceived divine support may provide individuals with a sense of coherence, which in turn has positive effects on individual well-being. This "coherence hypothesis" is in fact the inverse of the Durkheimian concept of anomie. This paper specifies and tests a structural model of social control, social support, religious participation, religious orthodoxy, and perceived divine support, in relation to perceived exteriority and constraint among adolescents. The results indicate that parental support and religious participation increases the perceived exteriority and constraint of the social world, while parental rule setting, religious orthodoxy, and divine support do not have an independent effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Different aspects of religiosity have been found to be positively related to physical, psychological and social well-being. Several scholars have suggested that religious beliefs, religious communities, and perceived divine support may provide individuals with a sense of coherence, which in turn has positive effects on individual well-being. This "coherence hypothesis" is in fact the inverse of the Durkheimian concept of anomie. This paper specifies and tests a structural model of social control, social support, religious participation, religious orthodoxy, and perceived divine support, in relation to perceived exteriority and constraint among adolescents. The results indicate that parental support and religious participation increases the perceived exteriority and constraint of the social world, while parental rule setting, religious orthodoxy, and divine support do not have an independent effect. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00218294 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/1388154 |
