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Religion, Religiosity and Parenting Practices

An Examination of Jewish, Muslim, Christian and Druze Mothers in Israel

Bibliographic Data

ID10895089
AuthorsRana Eseed (0000-0002-3363-2616, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author), Iris Zadok (0000-0003-0068-9234, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Mona El Khoury (0000-0002-5107-6350, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Mona Khoury (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Year2024
Volume54
Issue4
Pages1477-1494
Publication date2024-06-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/bjsw/bcad175
OpenAlexW4386126496
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited65

The role of religiosity in shaping family functioning, in general, and parental discipline, in particular, have received wide research attention, especially in studies conducted amongst Christian parents from Western cultures. Little is known about the relationship between religiosity and parenting in non-Western cultures. The current study explored the role religion and religiosity play in predicting maternal use of psychological control and punitive discipline of mothers from Israel who belong to two ethnonational groups: Jews and Arabs, and who represent four religions: Jewish, Muslims, Christian and Druze. The study was based on a survey of 502 Israeli mothers of children aged three to five years (31.6 per cent Jewish, 36.0 per cent Muslims, 16.8 per cent Christians and 15.6 per cent Druze). Mothers were asked to fill out an online structured, anonymous self-report questionnaire survey distributed through social networks. We used multivariate hierarchal regression to explore the role of religion and religiosity in predicting mother’s use of punitive discipline and psychological control, after controlling for child and family factors. The results showed that religiosity was significantly and positively associated with mothers’ use of both psychological control and punitive discipline. Furthermore, it was found that Arab mothers reported using psychological control more than did Jewish mothers

Developmental psychology · Judaism · Political science · Punitive damages · Religiosity · Theology · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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