Religiosity and US adolescents’ well-being: The moderating role of trait reactance
A large body of evidence has connected religiosity and spirituality to well-being, especially during the crucial adolescent years. This study examines whether trait reactance, a personality predisposition to resist external influences and threats to one's freedom, moderates the links between re...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 61, Issue: 2, Pages: 564-573 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Youth (14-21 years) (14-17 Jahre)
/ Reactance (Psychology)
/ Religiosity
/ Spirituality
/ Self-worth appreciation
/ Mental health
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| IxTheo Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
trait reactance
B Well-being B Self-esteem B Adolescents B Religiosity |
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| Summary: | A large body of evidence has connected religiosity and spirituality to well-being, especially during the crucial adolescent years. This study examines whether trait reactance, a personality predisposition to resist external influences and threats to one's freedom, moderates the links between religiosity/spirituality, self-esteem, and well-being over the course of adolescence. We test these interactive effects with survey data from a nationally representative sample of children aged 13–17 (N = 419). Our results indicate that religiosity/spirituality is generally related to higher levels of self-esteem and that self-esteem positively relates to happiness. However, the relationship between religiosity/spirituality and self-esteem changes as a function of both age and trait reactance. Among young adolescents (14 years of age), lower reactance and lower religiosity/spirituality are associated with lower self-esteem, and among older adolescents (17 years of age), higher reactance and higher religiosity/spirituality are associated with the highest levels of self-esteem. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12789 |