Religion

Interrelationships and Opinions in Children and Adolescents. Interaction between Age and Beliefs

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3380321
AutoresRafael López Cordero (0000-0002-1019-3411, Universidad de Granada), Francisca Ruiz Garzón (0000-0003-1994-6501, Universidad de Granada), Lourdes Medina Martínez (Universidad de Granada), María Del Carmen Olmos Gómez (0000-0002-7194-1209, Universidad de Granada, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen12
Número5
Páginas357
Fecha de publicación2021-05-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaReligions (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
EditorialMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel12050357
OpenAlexW3163205152
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas31

The current trend of secularization seems to be leading to a gradual withdrawal of religion from public spaces. However, in an increasingly internationalized world, it is becoming more and more important to study the roles of religion and religiosity and their potential in relation to dialogue and social conflicts and tensions. Education is a vital field within which to address this religious issue and create an educational dialogue in order to promote coexistence. By following a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, based on a quasi-experimental methodology with a social-analytical character, our aim is to assess the existing connections between religion, interrelation and opinion in Spanish children and adolescents. Special attention is paid to the interaction between age and beliefs. We carried out our study with the use of a questionnaire distributed to eleven secondary schools, with students aged between 11 and 16 years old, in three regions of southern Spain (Andalusia, Ceuta, and Melilla) characterized by high religious diversity and multiculturalism. The multivariate analysis carried out in this study identifies the effects of variance on the influence of age and religion, highlighting the interaction between the two. It is observed that the youngest students are those who express their opinions about religion the least, while those belonging to younger age groups and majority religions are those who express a greater religious coexistence, with Muslims externalizing their religious condition the most

Developmental psychology · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Political science · Religiosity · Secularization · Sociology · Anthropology · Education and Islamic Studies · Gender Studies · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology