Assessing Peer and Parental Influence on the Religious Attitudes and Attendance of Young Churchgoers: Exploring the Australian National Church Life Survey

Autor/inn/en	Francis, Leslie J.; Penny, Gemma; Powell, Ruth
Titel	Assessing Peer and Parental Influence on the Religious Attitudes and Attendance of Young Churchgoers: Exploring the Australian National Church Life Survey
Quelle	In: Journal of Beliefs & Values, 39 (2018) 1, S.57-72 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1361 7672
DOI	10.1080/13617672.2016.1209923
Schlagwörter	Peer Influence; Parent Influence; Churches; Attendance; Parent Child Relationship; National Surveys; Foreign Countries; Christianity; Catholics; Protestants; Positive Attitudes; Spiritual Development; Preadolescents; Adolescent Attitudes; Regression (Statistics); Statistical Analysis; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Church; Kirche; Anwesenheit; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ausland; Christentum; Katholik; Protestantism; Protestantismus; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Statistische Analyse; Australien
Abstract	Drawing on data from the 2011 Australian National Church Life Survey (NCLS), this study was designed to assess peer and parental influence on frequency of church attendance, attitude toward church, and attitude toward Christianity among a sample of 6256 young churchgoers between the ages of eight and 14 years, attending a range of denominations, including Catholic, Anglican, Uniting, Pentecostal, and other Protestant Churches. The data indicated the power of parental example on frequency of church attendance. Frequent attendance among young churchgoers occurred when "both" parents attend as well. Parental influence worked differently on shaping attitude toward church. The most positive attitude was found among young churchgoers who had the opportunity to talk about God with their parents and who did not feel that their parents made them go to church. Young churchgoers responded to parental encouragement better than to parental pressure. Although peer influence within the church did not make much contribution to frequency of attendance, it made a contribution to shaping positive attitude toward church. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01