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Religiosity of Adolescents and their Friends and Network Associates: Homophily and Associations With Antisocial Behavior
Author(s) -
French Doran C.,
Purwono Urip,
Rodkin Philip C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00778.x
Subject(s) - religiosity , homophily , psychology , developmental psychology , peer group , peer influence , association (psychology) , social psychology , psychotherapist
This study assessed the similarity of adolescents and their friends and peer network associates in religiosity and the extent to which these relationships were associated with antisocial behavior. The sample included 1010 I ndonesian (480 male, 530 female) 8th (13.37 years) and 10th grade (15.36 years) students. Adolescents were similar to their mutual friends and network associates (identified using S ocial C ognitive M apping) in religiosity, and the religiosity of both friends and network associates added to male adolescents' self‐religiosity in predicting antisocial behavior; these effects were not present for girls. Peers may associate with others similar to themselves in religiosity and these associations may partially explain why religious boys exhibit low levels of aggressive behavior.