Losing my religion: The social sources of religious decline in early adulthood
Losing my religion: The social sources of religious decline in early adulthood
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DOI：
10.1353/sof.2007.0083
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发表时间：
2007-06-01
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影响因子：
4.8
通讯作者：
Vaaler, Margaret L.
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作者：
Uecker, Jeremy E.;Regnerus, Mark D.;Vaaler, Margaret L.
许多美国人在成年初期表现出宗教信仰的衰退。对于为什么会出现这种情况，目前还没有达成共识，尽管长期存在的假设表明，高等教育、规范偏差和人生历程因素的世俗化影响。我们评估了这些影响在减少宗教活动的频率、降低宗教的重要性和完全脱离宗教方面的影响。Add Health研究的分析结果表明，只有宗教参与度在青年时期大幅下降。与预期相反，没有上大学的新兴成年人表现出了最广泛的宗教衰落模式，削弱了关于高等教育世俗化影响的传统智慧。婚姻抑制了宗教信仰的衰落，而同居、非婚性行为、吸毒和饮酒都加速了成年初期宗教信仰的减弱--尤其是宗教参与。
Many Americans exhibit declining religiosity during early adulthood. There is no consensus about why this occurs, though longstanding assumptions suggest the secularizing effects of higher education, normative deviance and life course factors. We evaluate these effects on decreasingfrequency of religious practice, diminished importance of religion and disaffiliation from religion altogether. Results from analyses of the Add Health study indicate that only religious participation suffers substantial declines in young adulthood. Contrary to expectations, emerging adults that avoid college exhibit the most extensive patterns of religious decline, undermining conventional wisdom about the secularizing effect of higher education. Marriage curbs religious decline, while cohabitation, nonmarital sex, drugs and alcohol use each accelerate diminished religiosity - especially religious participation - during early adulthood.