'Mixed blessings': parental religiousness, parenting, and child adjustment in global perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most studies of the effects of parental religiousness on parenting and child development focus on a particular religion or cultural group, which limits generalizations that can be made about the effects of parental religiousness on family life.

Methods

We assessed the associations among parental religiousness, parenting, and children's adjustment in a 3-year longitudinal investigation of 1,198 families from nine countries. We included four religions (Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism, and Islam) plus unaffiliated parents, two positive (efficacy and warmth) and two negative (control and rejection) parenting practices, and two positive (social competence and school performance) and two negative (internalizing and externalizing) child outcomes. Parents and childre

SUBMITTER: Bornstein MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5513768 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature