Return to Religion? Predictors of Religious Change Among Baby-Boomers in their Transition to Later Life.
Return to Religion? Predictors of Religious Change Among Baby-Boomers in their Transition to Later Life.
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回归宗教？
DOI：
10.1007/s12062-017-9216-0
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发表时间：
2018
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2
通讯作者：
Bengtson,VernL
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作者：
Silverstein,Merril;Bengtson,VernL
在这篇论文中，我们调查了婴儿潮一代从50多岁到60多岁之间宗教信仰变化的相关性。变化被评估为宗教参与的认知和行为表现的函数，早期宗教参与，以及在这段生活中出现的挑战。使用2016年世代纵向研究浪潮中599名受访者的定性和定量数据，我们回顾性地评估了过去十年的宗教变化以及这种变化的突然原因。虔诚度最有可能保持稳定，但在过去的十年里，样本中有相当一部分人变得更加虔诚;原因包括远离世俗的关注，应对损失和健康问题，以及代际延续。结构方程模型发现，早期接触宗教通过其与宗教参与的更强认知和行为方面的联系来加强宗教信仰。失去伴侣，经历经济衰退，健康问题增加或稳定宗教信仰，补充定性反应的结果。总的来说，宗教变化，如果确实发生了，是朝着积极的方向发展的，是应对健康和社会损失的一种资源。我们预计，随着婴儿潮一代进入生命历程的更晚阶段，这一趋势将加剧。
In this paper, we investigated the correlates of change in religiosity among babyboomers as they aged from their 50s to their 60s. Change was assessed as a function of cognitive and behavioral manifestations of religious involvement, early religious participation, and challenges that emerged over this period of life. Using qualitative and quantitative data from 599 respondents in the 2016 wave of the Longitudinal Study of Generations, we examined retrospectively assessed religious change over the previous ten years and the precipitating reasons for such change. Religiosity was most likely to remain stable, but a significant minority of the sample became more religious over the past ten years; reasons included a shift away from worldly concerns, coping with loss and health problems, and intergenerational continuity. Structural equation modeling found that early exposure to religion strengthened religiosity through its association with both stronger cognitive and behavioral aspects of religious involvement. Losing of a partner, experiencing economic decline, and having health problems either increased or stabilized religiosity, complementing results from qualitative responses. In general, religious change, when it did occur, was in a positive direction and served as a resource for dealing with health and social losses. We anticipate this trend to intensify as baby-boomers advance to even later stages of the life-course.