Abstract
The religious similarity of adolescents and their friends can arise from selection or influence. Prior studies were limited because of confounds that arose from the ethnic and religious heterogeneity of the samples and the use of cross-sectional designs. SIENA was used in this two-year longitudinal study of 825 Indonesian Muslim high school students (445 girls; mean age = 16.5 years) to assess peer selection and influence as these pertained to religiosity and religious coping. The analyses yielded significant influence but not selection effects for both religiosity and religious coping. This study is an important methodological advance over prior research and although limited by correlational data, nevertheless, provides evidence that adolescents influence their peers' religiousness.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 127-140 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Research on Adolescence |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2023 |
Keywords
- Indonesia
- adolescence
- religiosity
- religious coping
- social network analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cultural Studies
- Developmental and Educational Psychology
- Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Behavioral Neuroscience