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Personality and religious values among adolescents: A three-wave longitudinal analysis
Heaven, Patrick Ciarrochi, Joseph
Heaven, Patrick
Ciarrochi, Joseph
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Abstract
Using three waves of data, we assessed the relationships between endorsement of religious values, some of the major personality dimensions, and social and emotional well‐being amongst teenagers. Participants were 784 high school students at Time 1 (382 males and 394 females; 8 did not indicate their gender) and 563 provided data at each of Time 1, Time 2 and Time 3. We examined the impact of changes in (Eysenckian) psychoticism and conscientiousness from Time 1 to Time 2 on religious values assessed at Time 3. Both personality and personality change predicted religious values and the specific effects depended on gender. Participants higher in hope, joviality, psychological acceptance and mindfulness also tended to be higher in religious values. The implications of these results for adolescent well‐being and resilience are discussed.
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Date
2007
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Journal article
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British Journal of Psychology
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Volume
98
Issue
4
Page Range
681-694
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Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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