Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers

By Christian A. Smith, M. L. Denton. 2005

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Religion and child development: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study. (2008, background): “Moreover, scholarship on religion and youth has demonstrated that faith is generally important to American teens, and that religion reduces adolescents’ involvement in risk activities while fostering pro-social behaviors (e.g., Miller et al., 1997; Pearce et al., 2003; Smith, 2003a,b,c; Smith and De”
The Transformative Role of Religious Experience: The Case of Short-Term Missions (2009, background): “The religiously devout may be a numerical minority (Smith and Denton 2005; Trinitapoli 2007), but they are not randomly distributed in the population, and their visibility in contemporary American society has grown in recent years.”
Differing profiles of developmental experiences across types of organized youth activities. (2006, background): “A growing literature shows that many adolescents experience religion as an important part of their lives (McKinney, 1999; Roehlkepartain, King, Wagener, & Benson, 2006; C. Smith, 2005); however, little research has focused specifically on the role of faith-based youth groups.”
Religion and Spirituality in Adolescent Development (2009, background): “First, according to NSYR results (Smith & Denton, 2005 ), American youth generally report having peers that share their religious beliefs.”
Gender Differences in Spiritual Development During the College Years (2007, positive): “…more likely than boys to attend religious services, to regard religious faith as important in shaping daily life, to have made a personal commitment to live life for God, to be involved in a religious youth group, to pray, and to feel close to God (Smith et al. 2002; Smith and Denton 2005).”
Adolescence as a sensitive period for spiritual development. (2008, background): “Smith and Denton (2006) lend support for the possibility that adolescents may be drawn toward more exciting, less traditional forms of spiritual and religious experiences.”