The present study explores whether adolescent religiosity, health-related behaviors, and marital stability mediate the association between parental religiosity and health. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult (Add) Health, I model potential direct and indirect effects between three measures of parental religiosity (i.e., parental institutional religiosity, parental personal religiosity, and parental religious affiliation); three sets of mediators indicating adolescent religiosity, health-related behaviors, and marital stability; and self-rated health during late adolescence/early adulthood. Overall, I found that parental institutional religiosity has a direct effect on the self-rated health of children during late adolescence/early adulthood, and that it influences self-rated health by reducing adolescent and parental smoking. I also found evidence for deleterious effects of parental institutional religiosity on health as well. Future research should explore variation in the influence of parental religiosity on self-rated health between various sociodemographic groups and between different stages of the life course.

本研究探讨青少年的宗教信仰、健康相关行为和婚姻稳定性是否在父母宗教信仰与健康之间的关联中起中介作用。使用来自青少年到成人（添加）健康的国家纵向研究的数据，我模拟了父母宗教信仰的三种衡量标准（即父母机构的宗教信仰、父母的个人宗教信仰和父母的宗教信仰）之间的潜在直接和间接影响；三组中介指标表明青少年的宗教信仰、健康相关行为和婚姻稳定性；和青春期后期/成年早期的自我评估健康状况。总的来说，我发现父母的机构宗教信仰对青春期后期/成年早期儿童的自我评估健康有直接影响，并且它通过减少青少年和父母吸烟来影响自我评估的健康。我还发现了父母机构宗教信仰对健康有害影响的证据。未来的研究应探讨不同社会人口群体之间以及生命历程不同阶段之间父母宗教信仰对自评健康影响的差异。