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Is Religiosity Related to Better Parenting?

Disentangling Religiosity From Religious Cognitive Style

Bart Duriez

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, Bart.Duriez{at}psy.kuleuven.be

Bart Soenens

Ghent University, Belgium

Bart Neyrinck

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Maarten Vansteenkiste

Ghent University, Belgium

This study examines associations between parental religiosity and parenting in a sample of 482 mother—child and 453 father—child dyads. Parents complete a religiosity measure that allows disentangling the effects of being religious from the effects of the way in which people process religious contents (i.e., literal vs. symbolic). In addition, parent and adolescent reports of two parenting style (i.e., need support and regulation) and parental goal promotion dimensions (i.e., intrinsic vs. extrinsic and conservation vs. openness to change goal promotion) are gathered. Whereas parental religiosity is positively related to a tendency to promote conservation rather than openness to change goals, a symbolic religious cognitive style relates positively to need support and the promotion of intrinsic rather than extrinsic goals. Hence, whereas relations between parental religiosity as such and parenting are limited and not unequivocally positive, a symbolic religious cognitive style systematically relates to adaptive parenting styles and goals. Implications are discussed.

Key Words: religiosity • cognitive style • parenting • parenting style • parental goal promotion

This version was published on September 1, 2009

Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 30, No. 9, 1287-1307 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09334168
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