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<p>Due to its complex character, the evaluation of the way an individual is religious involves multidimensional approaches, which includes both aspects of creeds and effective manifestation. The exhaustive bibliometric analysis reveals eight main research themes of interest, at the interaction of religiosity and youth. In the context of assessing religiosity, the paper further provides an analysis of the religious phenomenon among Romanian adolescents and young adults. It employs an exploratory factor analysis for identifying the specific religiosity dimensions, and principal components analysis for reducing dimensionality and for a more in-depth analysis. Both adolescents and young adults exhibit a relatively strong level of internal religiosity, which pertains to personal beliefs and faith. Additionally, both groups demonstrate a moderate level of external religiosity, which refers to religious practices and behaviours.</p>
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Due to its complex character, the evaluation of the way an individual is religious involves multidimensional approaches, which includes both aspects of creeds and effective manifestation. The exhaustive bibliometric analysis reveals eight main research themes of interest, at the interaction of religiosity and youth. In the context of assessing religiosity, the paper further provides an analysis of the religious phenomenon among Romanian adolescents and young adults. It employs an exploratory factor analysis for identifying the specific religiosity dimensions, and principal components analysis for reducing dimensionality and for a more in-depth analysis. Both adolescents and young adults exhibit a relatively strong level of internal religiosity, which pertains to personal beliefs and faith. Additionally, both groups demonstrate a moderate level of external religiosity, which refers to religious practices and behaviours.

Youth Religiosity: A Bibliometric Coverage and Quantitative Assesemnt of Internal and External Dimensions

Journal of Social and Economic Statistics

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Due to its complex character, the evaluation of the way an individual is religious involves multidimensional approaches, which includes both aspects of creeds...

Youth Religiosity: A Bibliometric Coverage and Quantitative Assesemnt of Internal and External Dimensions

Published Online: Jul 22, 2023

Page range: 1 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jses-2023-0001

Keywords
bibliometric analysis, youth, internal and external religiosity, exploratory factor analysis, principal component analysis

© 2023 Monica Petcu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Youth Religiosity: A Bibliometric Coverage and Quantitative Assesemnt of Internal and External Dimensions

Published Online: Jul 22, 2023

Page range: 1 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jses-2023-0001

Keywordsbibliometric analysis, youth, internal and external religiosity, exploratory factor analysis, principal component analysis

© 2023 Monica Petcu et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
bibliometric analysis, youth, internal and external religiosity, exploratory factor analysis, principal component analysis