Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
McKinney, Cliff
Committee Member
Oliveros, Arazais
Committee Member
Nadorff, Danielle
Committee Member
Jones, Torri
Date of Degree
8-7-2020
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
Major
Clinical Psychology
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Psychology
Abstract
Although parental religiosity generally has been associated with positive child outcomes it also has been connected to the use of corporal punishment and authoritarian parenting style. Thus, other variables must exist which influence how the interaction between religiosity and parenting practices influence child outcomes, such as regional differences (i.e., conservatism, population density, etc.). The current study expanded upon previous literature by examining maternal and paternal variables, extending the study to emerging adults, examining emerging adult gender, various religions, and different regions of the United States (i.e., Northeast, South, Midwest, West), as well as levels of conservatism and population density (i.e., urban vs rural areas). An MTURK sample asked participants to report their parents’ religiosity, parenting style, and conservatism as well as their own religiosity and region where they grew up. Structural equation modeling was used, and results indicated that parenting style moderated the relationship between parental religiosity and child outcomes and those interactions were further moderated by conservatism as well as geographic and population density regions (i.e., 3-way interaction).
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/18031
Recommended Citation
Stearns, Melanie, "Parenting practices and parental religiosity: The context of region and conservatism" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 3450.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/3450
Comments
Religiosity||parenting||conservatism||regional