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Title: Religious coping and delinquent behaviors: Moderated mediation roles of religion affiliation and prosocial moral reasoning.
Authors: Nwafor, Chidozie Edwin (AUTHOR), Ugwu, Paschal Chukwuma (AUTHOR), Okoye, Chukwuemeka Felix A. (AUTHOR), Obi‐Nwosu, Harry (AUTHOR), Ofonedu, Mirian E. (AUTHOR)
Source: Journal of Research on Adolescence (Wiley-Blackwell). Jun2024, Vol. 34 Issue 2, p272-280. 9p.
Subjects: Moral reasoning, John Wiley & Sons Inc., Religious identity, Delinquent behavior, Juvenile offenders, Religions, Prosocial behavior, Systems theory, Secondary schools
Geographic Terms: Nigeria
Abstract: Religion has been shown to have a positive impact for developing adolescents; however, the processes underlying this relation are not well known. In his almighty prosocial theory, Anazonwu (Conceptualizing and testing almighty prosociality theory for a more peaceful world, SCOA Heritage Nigeria, 2017) proposed that the activation of learnt prosocial moral reasoning through religion enabled performance of prosocial peace behavior that will benefit society. Thus, religion coping enhances the development of prosocial reasoning which in turn propagate prosocial acts while reducing delinquent behaviors. Similarly, developmental system theory (Lerner, Developmental science, developmental systems, and contemporary theories of human development, John Wiley & Sons, 2006) assumed that in every individual three mechanisms: plasticity (potential to change), context (environment), and developmental regulation (learnable principles) interact to describe the direction of the transactions between individuals and their various embedded sociocultural context of development which will also determine other developmental outcomes. Based on these two theoretical assumptions, the present study examined whether prosocial moral reasoning (developmental regulation) was the mechanism in the negative correlation between religious coping (plasticity) and delinquent behaviors (outcome), and if religious affiliation(context) (Christianity and Islam) moderated these paths. We hypothesized that the link from prosocial moral reasoning to lower delinquent behaviors would be stronger for Muslim compared with Christian youth. These questions were tested among Nigerian adolescence, an important sample because of high interreligious and interethnic tension among youth in the country. 298 adolescents (Mean age = 15.03 years, SD = 1.76; male = 176, female = 122; 46.3% Muslim, 53.7% Christian) were sampled using questionnaires in senior secondary schools in Nigeria. Moderated mediation result shows that greater religious coping was linked with higher prosocial moral reasoning, which in turn predicted fewer delinquent behaviors. Religious coping interacted with religion affiliation to influence delinquent behavior; there was a stronger link between these two constructs for Muslim compared to Christian youth. Thus, interventions aiming to reduce youth delinquent behaviors should consider promoting prosocial moral reasoning, particularly among the various religions (i.e., Christian/Muslim) communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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