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Temporal Relation Between Youths’ Perceived Spirituality and Indicators of Positive Development
Author(s) -
James Anthony,
Ward Rose Marie
Publication year - 2019
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/jora.12448
Subject(s) - spirituality , psychology , argument (complex analysis) , positive youth development , developmental psychology , sample (material) , social psychology , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , alternative medicine , pathology , chromatography
Using data from the 4‐H Study of Positive Youth Development ( PYD ), we employed a cross‐lagged model to examine the temporal order of the relationship between PYD and youths’ spirituality. Our sample consisted of 1,842 youth from 32 states in the continental United States. Mean age across the two waves of data used in this study was 15.5 and 16.6, respectively. The cross‐lagged model allowed us to test the model suggesting that youth must develop certain abilities (e.g., Cs of PYD ) prior to constructing and internalizing abstract notions of spirituality. Findings supported this argument, with relations varying across conceptions of spirituality. This study provides a more comprehensive understanding of mechanisms and processes linking youths’ spirituality and PYD , highlighting several important implications for research and practice.