Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Wilmoth, Joe D.
Committee Member
Downey, Laura H.
Committee Member
Phillips, Tommy M.
Date of Degree
8-14-2015
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Human Development and Family Studies
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Department
School of Human Sciences
Abstract
In recent decades, research on family life and religion has been conducted. Much of the research done on religion and well-being has shown beneficial effects of religion or religious practices on well-being (Bonner, Koven, & Patrick, 2003; Loser, Klein, Hill, & Dollahite, 2008). Using data from the Flourishing Families Project (N = 359 adolescents), the relationship between religious variables (family religious practices, family religious importance and religiosity), family climate measures (family connectedness and parent conflict) and adolescent depressive symptoms was examined. Results indicate no significant relationship between religious variables and adolescent depressive symptoms, but a positive relationship between parent conflict and adolescent depressive symptoms and a negative relationship between family connectedness and adolescent depressive symptoms. These findings suggest that while family climate is important to adolescent depressive symptoms, religious activity as measured by family practices is not protective.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/21101
Recommended Citation
Long, Alice Cathryne, "Familial Religious Practices, Religiosity, Family Connectedness, Parent Conflict, and their Relation to Depressive Symptoms in an Adolescent Sample" (2015). Theses and Dissertations. 2233.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/2233