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ERIC Number: EJ813929
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Dec
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-398X
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Religion/Spirituality and Adolescent Psychiatric Symptoms: A Review
Dew, Rachel Elizabeth; Daniel, Stephanie S.; Armstrong, Tonya D.; Goldston, David B.; Triplett, Mary Frances; Koenig, Harold G.
Child Psychiatry and Human Development, v39 n4 p381-398 Dec 2008
The aim of the current article is to review the literature on religion and spirituality as it pertains to adolescent psychiatric symptoms. One hundred and fifteen articles were reviewed that examined relationships between religion/spirituality and adolescent substance use, delinquency, depression, suicidality, and anxiety. Ninety-two percent of articles reviewed found at least one significant (p less than 0.05) relationship between religiousness and better mental health. Evidence for relationships between greater religiousness and less psychopathology was strongest in the area of teenage substance use. Methods of measuring religion/spirituality were highly heterogeneous. Further research on the relationship of religion/spirituality to delinquency, depression, suicidality, and anxiety is warranted. Measurement recommendations, research priorities, and clinical implications are discussed.
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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