TY - JOUR
T1 - Religiousness and depressive symptoms among adolescents
AU - Pearce, Michelle J.
AU - Little, Todd D.
AU - Ferez, John E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded in part by a Social Sciences Research Fund grant from Yale College to Todd D. Little and by a National Research Service Award to John E. Perez (National Institute of Mental Health 1 F31 MH12929–01).
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - Examined the relations between depressive symptoms and (a) 3 standard indicators of religiousness and (b) a potentially more age-specific indicator in a sample of 744 adolescents (M age = 13.06 years, SD = 0.45). Adolescents completed the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality. Results indicate that several dimensions of religiousness are associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms (i.e., attendance, self-ranking, and positive interpersonal religious experience), whereas negative interpersonal religious experience was associated with higher levels. These relations were not moderated by sex or ethnicity. Interpersonal religious experience had a stronger relation with depressive symptoms than did the standard dimensions of religiousness. The importance of social support during adolescence and future directions for this relatively new area of research are discussed.
AB - Examined the relations between depressive symptoms and (a) 3 standard indicators of religiousness and (b) a potentially more age-specific indicator in a sample of 744 adolescents (M age = 13.06 years, SD = 0.45). Adolescents completed the Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality. Results indicate that several dimensions of religiousness are associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms (i.e., attendance, self-ranking, and positive interpersonal religious experience), whereas negative interpersonal religious experience was associated with higher levels. These relations were not moderated by sex or ethnicity. Interpersonal religious experience had a stronger relation with depressive symptoms than did the standard dimensions of religiousness. The importance of social support during adolescence and future directions for this relatively new area of research are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3202_12
DO - 10.1207/S15374424JCCP3202_12
M3 - Article
C2 - 12679285
AN - SCOPUS:0038184063
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 32
SP - 267
EP - 276
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 2
ER -