Friends of Faith in Adulthood and Religious Commitment
This study used data from the 2006 wave of the Panel Study of American Religion and Ethnicity (PS-ARE) to investigate the relationship between religious friends and religious commitment. This study builds on past research which found that peer influences during adolescence affect religious commitmen...
| Published in: | The international journal of religion and spirituality in society |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Common Ground Publishing
2011
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The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
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| Summary: | This study used data from the 2006 wave of the Panel Study of American Religion and Ethnicity (PS-ARE) to investigate the relationship between religious friends and religious commitment. This study builds on past research which found that peer influences during adolescence affect religious commitment. Findings from the current study confirm that in a nationally representative sample, peer influence positively increases the religious commitment of adults. That is, having friends that are of the same religion as oneself—and, more generally, friends of any religion—increases religious commitment among adults. The findings hold when controlling for religious affiliation, length of time in a religion, frequency of worship , frequency of religious education, frequency of visits with family, trusting relationships with family, geographic relocation, age, gender, and race/ethnicity. The results have implications for the role of social influence in religious commitment research and the role of friends across the lifespan into adulthood. |
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| ISSN: | 2154-8641 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18848/2154-8633/CGP/v01i02/51142 |