Religious behavior and spirituality are associated with a variety of positive youth outcomes including higher levels of academic achievement and community service, and lower levels of illicit substance use. However, few studies have investigated whether religious behavior and spirituality are uniquely and interactively associated with adolescent outcomes or whether religious behavior and spirituality are differentially protective across rural and city contexts. Participants were 743 youth from a midsized university city community (n = 367) and a rural community (n = 376) in a mid-Atlantic state (Mage = 15.87, SD = 1.28). Religious behavior was positively associated with community service, but the association between religious behavior and adolescent grade point average was moderated by adolescent spirituality. Religious behavior was only associated with greater grade point average for youth who were high in spirituality. In addition, religious behavior was associated with reduced illicit substance use for rural youth, while spirituality was associated with reduced illicit substance use for city youth who reported high levels of religious behavior.

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分解整个青春期宗教和精神发展的行为和心理成分：地理位置的变化。

宗教行为和灵性与各种积极的青年成果有关，包括更高水平的学业成就和社区服务，以及更低的非法药物使用水平。然而，很少有研究调查宗教行为和灵性是否与青少年的结果具有独特的互动关系，或者宗教行为和灵性是否在农村和城市环境中具有不同的保护作用。参与者是来自中型大学城社区 (n = 367) 和大西洋中部州 (Mage = 15.87, SD = 1.28) 农村社区 (n = 376) 的 743 名青年。宗教行为与社区服务呈正相关，但宗教行为与青少年平均绩点之间的关联受到青少年精神的调节。宗教行为仅与灵性高的年轻人的平均成绩更高有关。此外，宗教行为与农村青年的非法药物使用减少有关，而灵性与报告高度宗教行为的城市青年的非法药物使用减少有关。