Emerging Adult Perceptions of Parental Religiosity and Parenting Practices: Relationships With Emerging Adult Religiosity and Psychological Adjustment

摘要

Recent research suggests that little is known about how parental religiosity influences child development, in particular the development of religiosity in children. Although research posits that direct communication of parental religiosity and authoritative parenting practices facilitate the transmission of parental religiosity to children, more work is needed in this area. Specifically, although several studies examined some characteristics in combination, very few studies have examined parental religiosity, parenting practices, and child religiosity simultaneously with respect to how those characteristics predicted child outcomes. Thus, the current study investigated the relationships among perceived parental religiosity, emerging adult religiosity, perceived parenting practices, and emerging adult psychological adjustment as reported by 486 emerging adults. Data were analyzed with a two-stage structural equation modeling approach. Results of measurement models demonstrated significant correlations among all of the constructs examined, and results of structural models demonstrated that the effect of perceived parental religiosity on emerging adult psychological adjustment was mediated by emerging adult religiosity and perceived positive parenting practices. Structural models further indicated that emerging adult religiosity maintained a significant relationship with emerging adult psychological adjustment when examined simultaneously with perceived positive parenting practices. Thus, perceived parental religiosity was related indirectly to emerging adult psychological adjustment through emerging adult religiosity and perceived positive parenting practices, and emerging adult religiosity and perceived positive parenting practices were related directly to emerging adult psychological adjustment.