Adolescent God Images
From data gathered in a survey of a national probability sample of youth aged 13 to 18 in 1975, God images were ascertained and analyzed by means of discriminant function analysis. The population was divided into four age and sex categories and within each category five "groups" holding di...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1977
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Review of religious research
Year: 1977, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-53 |
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| Summary: | From data gathered in a survey of a national probability sample of youth aged 13 to 18 in 1975, God images were ascertained and analyzed by means of discriminant function analysis. The population was divided into four age and sex categories and within each category five "groups" holding different types of God images were identified, depending on whether the adolescent believed in a personal God, in a loving or a punishing God, believed in both or believed in neither. The following predictor variables were included in the analysis: parental education; parental religious practice, parental affection, parental control, self-esteem, and years attended religion classes. Two canonical variates were isolated as significantly discriminating between the God image "groups" for the total population. The evidence supports a socialization theory and a parental image projection theory of God image formation. Self-esteem was found relevant only among older females. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3509579 |