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<p>For children, a proper environment will support the development of pro-social characteristics, while a hostile environment is likely to lead to anti-social development. Starting from this premise, the main purpose of this work is to determine if and to what degree children’s involvement in Christian practices, acquired as a result of living in a Christian environment, is reflected in their socio-emotional development. This possible association was assessed using Spearman and Pearson correlations and simple linear regression on some religious attributes (as independent variables) and some positive and negative age-specific social manifestations (as dependent variables). The results of the study show that an increased level of religious behaviour could predict a higher chance of positive social behaviour outcomes. Thus, religiosity may be regarded as one possible good influence on children’s development in future adults.</p>
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For children, a proper environment will support the development of pro-social characteristics, while a hostile environment is likely to lead to anti-social development. Starting from this premise, the main purpose of this work is to determine if and to what degree children’s involvement in Christian practices, acquired as a result of living in a Christian environment, is reflected in their socio-emotional development. This possible association was assessed using Spearman and Pearson correlations and simple linear regression on some religious attributes (as independent variables) and some positive and negative age-specific social manifestations (as dependent variables). The results of the study show that an increased level of religious behaviour could predict a higher chance of positive social behaviour outcomes. Thus, religiosity may be regarded as one possible good influence on children’s development in future adults.

The Association Between Religiosity and Social Behaviour Among Children: A Romanian Perspective

European Review Of Applied Sociology

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For children, a proper environment will support the development of pro-social characteristics, while a hostile environment is likely to lead to anti-social...

The Association Between Religiosity and Social Behaviour Among Children: A Romanian Perspective

Published Online: Jun 09, 2023

Page range: 8 - 15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eras-2023-0002

Keywords
temporal religiosity, behavioural religiosity, aggressive behaviour, social skills, quality of friendship

© 2023 Marina Alexandra Tudoran et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Association Between Religiosity and Social Behaviour Among Children: A Romanian Perspective

Published Online: Jun 09, 2023

Page range: 8 - 15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eras-2023-0002

Keywordstemporal religiosity, behavioural religiosity, aggressive behaviour, social skills, quality of friendship

© 2023 Marina Alexandra Tudoran et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
temporal religiosity, behavioural religiosity, aggressive behaviour, social skills, quality of friendship