Depression, Religiosity, and Parenting Styles among Young Latter-Day Saint Adolescents

Bibliographic Data

ID3280581
AuthorsMark Ogletree (Brigham Young University, corresponding author), W Dyer, W G Dyer (0000-0001-6642-4023, Brigham Young University), Michael Goodman (0000-0002-5456-6988), Michael A Goodman (0000-0002-9250-1683, Brigham Young University), Courtney Kinneard (Brigham Young University), Bradley Mccormick (Brigham Young University)
Year2019
Volume10
Issue3
Pages227
Publication date2019-03-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel10030227
OpenAlexW2923001140
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited64

This study examines depression among Latter-day Saint teens, particularly how religiosity and the parent-child relationship are associated with depressive symptomology. Although there is an abundance of research on adolescent depression and on adolescent religiosity, there is less research addressing the connection between the two. The research questions include: Does religiosity among Latter-day Saint teens reduce their rates of depression? What aspects of religiosity affect depression most significantly? How does religious coping influence depression? How does the parent-child relationship affect depression rates among Latter-day Saint teens? Being a sexual minority and living in Utah were related to higher levels of depression. Greater depression was also associated with more anxiety and poorer physical health. Authoritative parenting by fathers was associated with lower depression for daughters but not sons. Finally, feeling abandoned by God was related to higher depression, while peer support at church was associated with lower depression

Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Feeling · Psychiatry · Religiosity · SAINT · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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