The Role of Religious Socialization and Religiosity in African American and Caribbean Black Adolescents' Sexual Initiation

Overview

Journal J Relig Health

Publisher Springer

Specialties General Medicine
Psychology
Social Sciences

Date 2018 Mar 23

PMID 29564617

Citations 8

Authors

Tamara Taggart

Nisha Gottfredson

Wizdom Powell

Susan Ennett

Linda M Chatters

Lori Carter-Edwards

Eugenia Eng

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Abstract

This study determined the nature of the associations between religious socialization, religiosity, and adolescent sexual initiation. Data originated from the National Survey of American Life-Adolescent (n = 1170), a nationally representative study of black adolescents. Factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and logistic regression were used to evaluate hypotheses. Results indicated that as black adolescents received more messages about religious beliefs and practices, their religiosity was greater and, in turn, they were less likely to report sexual initiation; findings varied by ethnicity, gender, and age. Findings contribute to understanding religious socialization and its association with sexual initiation.

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