Religion and Families

Ellison, Christopher G.; Xu, Xiaohe

doi:10.1002/9781118374085.ch14

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“…Despite increasing secularization, the United States is still a comparatively religious country with relatively high rates of religious participation. Estimates suggest that approximately 25% of Americans attend some type of religious service in a given week (Ellison & Hummer, ; Ellison & Xu, ). At the same time, U.S. families are becoming more diverse and children are growing up in a variety of family structures.…”

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Patterns of Shared Religious Attendance and Positive Stepfamily Functioning

King

Lindstrom

Washington

2019

J of Research on Adolesc

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This study used data from Add Health to examine the relationship between shared participation in religious activities and positive stepfamily functioning as indicated by the closeness of the stepfather–stepchild bond, the closeness of the mother–child bond, the quality of the mother–stepfather relationship, the adolescent's perception of family belonging, and the stability of the mother–stepfather marriage. The study incorporated information on shared religious participation between adolescents and their mothers and stepfathers by examining whether adolescents reported frequently attending religious services or church‐related events with both parents, with one parent, or with neither parent. Shared religious attendance was positively associated with several aspects of stepfamily functioning above and beyond the positive association of family members’ engagement in other types of shared activities.

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Patterns of Shared Religious Attendance and Positive Stepfamily Functioning

King

Lindstrom

Washington

2019

J of Research on Adolesc

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“…The connection between religiosity and the maintenance of positive intergenerational family relationships has been convincingly demonstrated at various stages of the family lifecycle from childhood to old age (Ellison & Xu, ). Often linked to prosocial values and familistic behaviors, religious engagement is associated with better quality and better functioning filial relationships (King, ).…”

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“…Evidence demonstrating an association between religiosity and positive features of intergenerational and marital relationships is plentiful in the literature (for reviews of this topic, see Ellison & Xu, ; Mahoney, ). Although studies of how religion shapes relationships between parents and children are predominantly concerned with early stages in the family lifecycle (e.g., Regnerus and Burdette, ), the literature reveals positive consequences of religious adherence for families at later stages as well.…”

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Intergenerational Religious Participation in Adolescence and Provision of Assistance to Older Mothers

Silverstein

Zuo

Wang

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J of Marriage and Family

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Objective: This investigation examined the association between intergenerational religious activities in adolescence and provision of assistance to older mothers up to 45 years later. Background: Guided by perspectives of the life course and intergenerational solidarity, this research tested whether children's early religious participation with mothers predicted the amount of assistance children later provided, whether mothers' disability and widowhood served as moderators of this relationship, and whether any such moderation was mediated by emotional closeness, geographic proximity, and eldercare norms. Method: Data were derived from 220 adolescents who participated in the Longitudinal Study of Generations in 1971Generations in and up to four follow-up surveys between 1997Generations in and 2016 person-year observations. Multilevel regression predicted the amount of assistance provided to older mothers as a function of early religious participation with mothers, physical and social vulnerability of mothers, and dimensions of intergenerational solidarity with mothers in later life. Results: The results revealed elevated levels of assistance provided by children who earlier engaged in intermittent and regular religious activities with mothers. The relationship between regular religious activities and assistance was stronger for assistance to widowed mothers than to married mothers, and this moderation was partially mediated by emotional closeness and geographic proximity. Conclusion: This research confirmed that early family conditions structure informal resources available to older parents. Religious socialization during an impressionable period of life produced emergent benefits at a point in the family lifecycle when intergenerational solidarity becomes important for well-being in later life.

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“…The intersections between religion and family have received renewed attention during the past several decades, with scholars now recognizing that religion influences virtually every facet of family life and intimate relationships, such as union formation, housework, household decision-making, child development, parenting, paternal involvement, marital quality, premarital sexual behavior, marital infidelity, and risk of divorce (e.g., Bartkowski 2001;Bartkowski and Ellison 2009;Bartkowski and Xu 2000;Bartkowski et al 2008;Burdette et al 2007Burdette et al , 2009Ellison and Xu 2014;Mahoney 2010) (see Ellison and Xu 2014 for review). Social scientists have established that religion influences people's entry into marriage, as well as their exit from it.…”

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“…And, as it turns out, religion also influences married persons' propensity to exit marriage through divorce (Call and Heaton 1997;Ellison and Xu 2014;Lehrer and Chiswick 1993;Vaaler et al 2009). Generally, religion inhibits divorce; however, marriages marked by shared religious commitments are particularly less likely to dissolve than are religiously heterogamous marriages (Ellison and Xu 2014).…”

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Remarriage Timing: Does Religion Matter?

Bartkowski

2017

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Using pooled data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG 2006(NSFG -2010, we examine the effects of denominational affiliation, worship service attendance, and religious salience on remarriage timing. Survival analyses indicate that both men and women affiliated with conservative Protestant faith traditions are significantly more likely than their unaffiliated and Catholic counterparts to remarry at an accelerated pace following divorce. Results further show that, net of religious affiliation and socio-demographic characteristics, worship service attendance accelerates remarriage timing, whereas the effects of religious salience are weaker or unobserved. These results are largely consistent with prior research on denominational variations in the timing of first marriage and underscore the robust influence of religion on the institution of marriage.

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Religion and Families

Cited by 12 publications

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Patterns of Shared Religious Attendance and Positive Stepfamily Functioning

Patterns of Shared Religious Attendance and Positive Stepfamily Functioning

Intergenerational Religious Participation in Adolescence and Provision of Assistance to Older Mothers

Remarriage Timing: Does Religion Matter?

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