Religiosity and Outcomes Among Child Welfare-Involved Youth.
Religiosity is understudied among child welfare-involved adolescents. This study examined the effects religiosity on seven outcomes [substance use disorder (SUD), positive future expectations, delinquency, depression, loneliness, school disengagement, and early sexual activity] in order to understan...
| Published in: | Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal Vol. 37; no. 3; pp. 251 - 262 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=143136445&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 143136445 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 07380151 COK jtl: Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal issn: 07380151 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2020 vid: 37 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 143136445 10.1007/s10560-019-00645-4 ppf: 251 ppct: 11 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 621KB tig: atl: Religiosity and Outcomes Among Child Welfare-Involved Youth. aug: au: Lalayants, Marina Oyo, Adashima Prince, Jonathan D. affil: Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, City University of New York, 2180 3rd Avenue, 10035, New York, NY, USA The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 5th Avenue, 10016, New York, NY, USA su: Child welfare Mental depression Juvenile delinquency Loneliness Religion Human sexuality Substance abuse Prevention of injury Confidence intervals Logistic regression analysis Descriptive statistics Odds ratio sug: subj: Child welfare Mental depression Juvenile delinquency Loneliness Religion Human sexuality Substance abuse Prevention of injury Confidence intervals Logistic regression analysis Descriptive statistics Odds ratio keyword: Adolescent Outcomes Religiosity Adolescent Outcomes Religiosity ab: Religiosity is understudied among child welfare-involved adolescents. This study examined the effects religiosity on seven outcomes [substance use disorder (SUD), positive future expectations, delinquency, depression, loneliness, school disengagement, and early sexual activity] in order to understand and support child welfare-involved youth and minimize the effects of trauma. Utilizing the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (Wave I & II), which uses a representative sample of children and adolescents with a child maltreatment report, we used logistic regression to predict each of the seven outcomes longitudinally. Youth (n = 474) who reported that religiosity was very important in Wave I were 53% less likely (OR.47, CI.24–.90, p <.05) to have SUD in Wave II than youth who reported that it was not important or only a little important. In addition, youth (n = 552) who reported that religiosity was very important in Wave I were 2.27 times as likely (CI 1.11–4.65, p <.05) to have positive future expectations in Wave II (e.g., graduate from high school; get a good job). Religiosity did not predict other outcomes nor did attendance to faith-based organizations. In order to help prevent SUD and promote positive future expectations, professionals or caregivers can: (1) assess levels of/religiosity and desire to grow accordingly; and (2) suggest use of resources in the community that foster religiosity. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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