The past, present, and future of research on religious and spiritual development in adolescence, young adulthood, and beyond
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13824656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sam A Hardy (0000-0003-1907-5080, corresponding author), Emily M Taylor (0000-0003-1152-5761, Brigham Young University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 109-120 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archive for the Psychology of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-6724 • E-ISSN: 1573-6121 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00846724241235172 |
| OpenAlex | W4392713040 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 62 |
This article serves as an introduction to the special issue on Contemporary Issues in Religious and Spiritual Development in Adolescence, Young Adulthood, and Beyond . First, we give an account of the history of research on religious and spiritual development in adolescence and beyond. Although religion and spirituality have a long history in psychology, it is still an emerging area of research. Second, we summarize the current body of work on religious and spiritual development in adolescence and beyond. Most research in this area has focused on outcomes, particularly religion and spirituality as a protective factor against negative youth outcomes. Some work has also looked at individual and contextual predictors of religion and spirituality. Less is known about processes and trajectories of religious development, particularly in terms of changes in religious identification. Third, we recommend directions for future research in this area. We focus on the need for research to look at the role of religion and spirituality in positive youth development, the religious and spiritual experiences of religious minority youth, religious and spiritual challenges faced by sexual minority youth, and processes and predictors of religious deconversion. Fourth, we outline the four review papers on contemporary issues in religious and spiritual development featured in the special issue. These papers provide literature reviews on four important directions for future research
Adolescent development · Developmental psychology · Early adulthood · Psychology of religion · Young adult · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
Religion and Adolescent Outcomes
William James and a Science of Religions
Emerging Adults' Religiousness and Spirituality
The varieties of religious experience
A Faith of Their Own
The relationship between spirituality and religiosity on psychological outcomes in adolescents and emerging adults
Positive Youth Development and Relational‐Developmental‐Systems
Children of Six Cultures
The Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence
From parent to child
Religiosity and adolescent empathy and aggression
Do peers mediate the association between religiosity and the alcohol use of Indonesian Muslim adolescents
Parenting and the socialization of religiousness and spirituality
Perceived hypocrisy and deconversion in adolescents. The mediating role of irrational beliefs and identity styles
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Spirituality, Religion and Mental Health Among Youth Who Identify as LGBT
The Integration of Personal Identity, Religious Identity, and Moral Identity in Emerging Adulthood
Positive psychology
Soul Searching
Systematic review
Processes of Religious and Spiritual Influence in Adolescence
Religious faith and sexual risk taking among adolescents and emerging adults
Varieties of Religious and Pornographic Experience
Religiosity from Age 12 to 20
Religiosity of Adolescents and their Friends and Network Associates
Processes of Religious and Spiritual Influence in Adolescence
Declines in Religiousness Dimensions across Adolescence as Predictors of Religious Deidentification in Young Adulthood
Positive Youth Development A View of the Issues
Meta-analysis of relationships between religiosity and constructive and destructive behaviors among adolescents
Friendship and the Religiosity of Indonesian Muslim Adolescents
Religion as a Resource for Positive Youth Development
Dynamic associations between religiousness and self-regulation across adolescence into young adulthood
What is Positive Youth Development
G. Stanley Hall and the Clark School of Religious Psychology
Invitation to the Psychology of Religion, Third Edition
Psychology of Culture and Religion
Trajectories of Religious Participation from Adolescence to Young Adulthood
Theorizing Religious Effects Among American Adolescents
A Longitudinal Study of Religious Doubts in High School and Beyond
The Religiosity of American College and University Professors
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |