TY - JOUR
T1 - Religious orientation, low self-control, and deviance
T2 - Muslims, Catholics, Eastern Orthodox-, and " Bible Belt" Christians
AU - Klanjšek, Rudi
AU - Vazsonyi, Alexander T.
AU - Trejos-Castillo, Elizabeth
N1 - Funding Information:
&z.star; Findings from this study were presented at Biennial Meetings of the Society for research on Adolescence (Chicago, IL., March 6–9, 2008). Please address correspondence to Rudi Klanjšek, University of Maribor, Department of Sociology, Koroška cesta 160, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia, EU ( rudi.klanjsek@uni-mb.si ) OR Alexander T. Vazsonyi, University of Kentucky, Department of Family Sciences, 316 Funkhouser Building, Lexington, KY 40506, USA ( vazsonyi@uky.edu ). This work was supported by the Slovenian Ministry of Science and Higher Education [ J5-6646/3311_04_8256646 ].
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - Using adolescent samples from four cultures, the current study tested whether effects by religiosity on deviance varied by the nature of religiosity (intrinsic versus extrinsic) and by the cultural context (Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, and the U.S.). Results indicated: a) that not every type of religiosity has a buffering effect on deviance - if one's religiousness is predominately instrumental (i.e. extrinsic), then its inhibiting effect is weak or does not exist; b) that the effect of intrinsic religiosity seemed more pronounced in the two surroundings that expressed the highest mean religiosity (U.S., Bosnia & Herzegovina) although results from follow-up analysis (. Z-tests) largely supported a cultural invariance hypothesis. In addition, the intrinsic religiosity-deviance link was moderated by low self-control in each sample, except the Slovenian one. Finally, results indicated that low self-control only partially mediated the religiosity-deviance link.
AB - Using adolescent samples from four cultures, the current study tested whether effects by religiosity on deviance varied by the nature of religiosity (intrinsic versus extrinsic) and by the cultural context (Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, and the U.S.). Results indicated: a) that not every type of religiosity has a buffering effect on deviance - if one's religiousness is predominately instrumental (i.e. extrinsic), then its inhibiting effect is weak or does not exist; b) that the effect of intrinsic religiosity seemed more pronounced in the two surroundings that expressed the highest mean religiosity (U.S., Bosnia & Herzegovina) although results from follow-up analysis (. Z-tests) largely supported a cultural invariance hypothesis. In addition, the intrinsic religiosity-deviance link was moderated by low self-control in each sample, except the Slovenian one. Finally, results indicated that low self-control only partially mediated the religiosity-deviance link.
KW - Cross-cultural
KW - Cross-national
KW - Delinquency
KW - Problem behaviors
KW - Religion
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U2 - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.09.003
DO - 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.09.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 21993144
AN - SCOPUS:84861347259
SN - 0140-1971
VL - 35
SP - 671
EP - 682
JO - Journal of Adolescence
JF - Journal of Adolescence
IS - 3
ER -