title: Adolescents' relationship with God and internalizing adjustment over time: the moderating role of maternal religious coping.
abstract: A growing literature supports the importance of understanding the link between religiosity and youths' adjustment and development, but in the absence of rigorous, longitudinal designs, questions remain about the direction of effect and the role of family factors. This paper investigates the bidirectional association between adolescents' relationship with God and their internalizing adjustment. Results from 2-wave, SEM cross-lag analyses of data from 667 mother/adolescent dyads in Belfast, Northern Ireland (50% male, M age = 15.75 years old) supports a risk model suggesting that greater internalizing problems predict a weaker relationship with God 1 year later. Significant moderation analyses suggest that a stronger relationship with God predicted fewer depression and anxiety symptoms for youth whose mothers used more religious coping.
authors: Department of Psychology.
authors: Marcie C
authors: MC
authors: Goeke-Morey
authors: Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
authors: Laura K
authors: LK
authors: Taylor
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame.
authors: Christine E
authors: CE
authors: Merrilees
authors: School of Law, Queen's University Belfast.
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Shirlow
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Notre Dame.
authors: E Mark
authors: EM
authors: Cummings
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009660:Northern Ireland; D012069:Religion and Psychology