Religious Doubts and Emotions Toward God in Adolescents: Relation to Self-Esteem and Meaning in Life

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/11/1390" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/15/11/1390</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel15111390" target="_blank" >10.3390/rel15111390</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Religious Doubts and Emotions Toward God in Adolescents: Relation to Self-Esteem and Meaning in Life

Original language description

Religious doubt (RD) and emotions toward God (EtGs) are areas of religiosity and spirituality that can play a role in the development and well-being of youth. The aim of this study is to investigate whether RD and EtGs are related to self-esteem and meaning in life in adolescents and what factors may be associated with them in a secular setting. A sample of Czech adolescents (n = 984, mean age 16.61, SD 1.21; 28% male) participated in the online survey. We measured RD, EtGs, meaning in life (ML) divided into presence (ML-P) and seeking (ML-S), adolescents’ self-esteem (ASE), faith in the adolescent environment, the perception of religion and church, and religious education (RE). RD and negative EtGs were associated with reduced ML-P. Negative EtGs were associated with a reduction in ASE. However, positive EtGs were associated with an increase in ML-P. Respondents experiencing faith in their environment, having a positive view of church and religion, and enriching RE were more likely to report a decrease in RD and an increase in positive EtGs and vice versa. Our findings suggest that RD and EtGs are related to adolescents’ well-being and point to factors to be adequately addressed to minimize the negative impact of RD and promote positive EtGs.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60304 - Religious studies

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Religions

ISSN

2077-1444

e-ISSN

2077-1444

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

1390

UT code for WoS article

001366067800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85210369094