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Adolescent Religious Motivation: A Self-Determination Theory Approach
The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion ( IF 2.880 ) Pub Date : 2020-12-10 , DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2020.1844968
Sam A. Hardy 1 , Jenae M. Nelson 1 , Summer B. Frandsen 1 , Amber R. Cazzell 2 , Michael A. Goodman 3
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ABSTRACT

The purpose of the present set of studies was to develop a short and valid measure of religious motivation based on self-determination theory and demonstrate the role of religious motivation on youth outcomes. Participants were from five studies of religious adolescents and their parents from across the U.S (total N = 2982). Using confirmatory factor analyses we created a 12-item Religious Internalization Scale (RIS-12) capturing three forms of religious motivation: external, introjected, and identified. Relations between religious motivation and youth outcomes were assessed using structural equation modeling. In general, identified religious motivation positively predicted adaptive outcomes (e.g., prosocial behaviors, psychological well-being, and positive traits) and negatively predicted maladaptive outcomes (e.g., antisocial and health-risk behaviors, mental illness, and negative traits), whereas the inverse was largely true for external religious motivation. Introjected religious motivation was a poor predictor of outcomes. Further, identified religious motivation often remained predictive of outcomes when controlling for religious involvement. Lastly, in several cases, identified religious motivation and religious involvement interacted when predicting youth outcomes such that higher identified religious motivation strengthened links between religious involvement and outcomes. These findings validate the RIS-12 as a self-determination theory measure of religious motivation and elucidate the important role of identified religious motivation during adolescence.



中文翻译:

青少年宗教动机:一种自决理论方法

摘要

本组研究的目的是开发一种基于自决理论的简短有效的宗教动机测量方法,并证明宗教动机对青年结果的作用。参与者来自对来自美国各地的宗教青少年及其父母的五项研究(共N= 2982)。使用验证性因素分析,我们创建了一个包含 12 个项目的宗教内化量表 (RIS-12),捕捉了三种形式的宗教动机:外在的、内向的和确定的。使用结构方程模型评估宗教动机和青年成果之间的关系。一般而言,已确定的宗教动机正向预测适应性结果(例如,亲社会行为、心理健康和积极特征),并负向预测适应不良结果(例如,反社会和健康风险行为、精神疾病和负面特征),而对于外部宗教动机而言,反之亦然。内摄的宗教动机对结果的预测效果不佳。此外,在控制宗教参与时,确定的宗教动机通常仍然可以预测结果。最后,在一些情况下,确定的宗教动机和宗教参与在预测青年结果时相互作用,因此更高的确定宗教动机加强了宗教参与和结果之间的联系。这些发现验证了 RIS-12 作为宗教动机的自决理论衡量标准,并阐明了确定的宗教动机在青春期的重要作用。

更新日期:2020-12-10
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