The Effects of the Religious Commitment of Twelfth Graders Living in Non-Intact Families on Their Academic Achievement

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 77-97

  Jeynes, William H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; African American; Family structure; Hispanic; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347600503     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v35n01_06     Document Type: Review

References (66)

1. Bahr, S. J., Hawks, R. D., & Wang, G. (1993). Family and religious influences on adolescent substance abuse. Youth and Society, 24, 443-465.
2. Baydar, N. (1988). Effects of parental separation and reentry into union on the emotional well-being of children. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 50, 967-981.
3. Beck, S. H., Cole, B. S., & Hammond, J. A. (1991). Religious heritage and premarital sex: Evidence from a national sample of adults. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 30, 173-180.
4. Ben-David, S. & Weller, L. (1995). Religiosity, criminality, and types of offenses of Jewish male prisoners. Medicine and Law, 14, 509-519.
5. Bickel, V. L. (1981). Factors influencing the achievement of culturally different children. Washington, DC:.ERIC Publishing.
6. Bisnaire, M., Firestone, P. & Rynard, D. (1990). Factors associated with academic achievement in children following parental separation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 60, 67-76.
7. Brody, G. H., Stoneman, Z., & Flor, D. (1996). Parental religiosity, family processes, and youth competence in rural, two-parent African-American families. Developmental Psychology, 32, 696-706.
8. Brownfield, D. & Sorenson, A. M. (1991). Religion and drug use among adolescents: A social support conceptualization and interpretation. Deviant Behavior, 12, 259-276.
9. Bulchand, A. (1993). Factors affecting student performance at the degree examination of the University of Bombay. (Doctoral dissertation, Seton Hall University, 1993). Dissertation Abstracts, 53-11A.
10. Busto, R. (1996). The gospel according to the model minority?: Hazarding an interpretation of Asian American evangelical college students. Amerasia Journal, 22, 133-147.
11. Call, V. & Heaton, T. B. (1997). Religious influence on marital stability. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 36, 382-392.
12. Chubb, J. E. & Moe, T. M. (1990). Politics, markets, and America's schools. Washington, DC: Brookings Institute.
13. Coleman, J., Hoffer, T., & Kilgore, S. (1982). High school achievement: Public, Catholic, and private schools compared. New York: Basic Books.
14. DeGarmo, D. S., Forgatch, M. S., & Martinez, C. R. (1999). Parenting of divorced mothers as a link between social status and boys' academic outcomes: Unpacking the effects of socioeconomic status. Child Development, 70, 1231-1245.
15. Demo, Y., Levin, I., & Siegler, R. S. (1997). A comparison of the geometric reasoning of students attending Israeli ultraorthodox and mainstream schools. Developmental Psychology, 33, 92-103.
16. Dijkstra, A. & Peschar, J. L. (1996). Religious determinants of academic achievement in the Netherlands. Comparative Education Review, 40, 47-65.
17. Downey, D. B. (1995). Understanding academic achievement among children in stephouseholds: The role of parental resources, sex of stepparent, and sex of child. Social Forces, 73, 875-894.
18. Feng, J. (1994). Asian-American children. What teachers should know. Urbana ERIC Publishing.
19. Fordham, S. (1996). Blacked out: Dilemmas of race, identity, and success at Capital High. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
20. Furnham, A. (1987). Predicting Protestant work ethic beliefs. European Journal of Personality, 1, 93-106.
21. Garner, W. C. & Cole, E. G. (1986). The achievement of students in low-SES settings: An investigation of the relationship between locus of control and field, dependence. Urban Education, 21, 189-206.
22. Gerhards, J. (1996). Religion and the spirit of capitalism: A comparison of attitudes toward work and the economic order in the USA and Spain. Berliner Journal for Sociologie, 5, 541-549.
23. Giorgi, L. & Marsh, C. (1990). The Protestant work ethic as a cultural phenomenon. European Journal of Social Psychology, 20, 499-517.
24. Grayson, P. J. (1995). Does race matter? Outcomes of the first year experience in a Canadian university. Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 25, 79-109.
25. Hammond, P. (1976). The sacred in a secular age: Toward revision in the scientific study of religion. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
26. Hanson, T. L. (1999). Does parental conflict explain why divorce is negatively associated with child welfare? Social Forces, 77, 1283-1316.
27. Hetherington, E. M. & Clingempeel, W. G. (1992). Coping with marital transitions: A family systems perspective. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 57, 1.
28. Holman, T. B. & Harding, J. R. (1996). The teaching of nonmarital sexual abstinence and members' sexual attitudes and behaviors: The case of the Latter-day Saints. Review of Religious Research, 38, 51-60.
29. Irvine, J. J. & Foster, M. (1996). Growing up African American in Catholic schools, New York: Teachers College.
30. Jackson, L. E. & Coursey, R. D. (1988). The relationship between God control and internal locus of control to intrinsic religious motivation, coping, and purpose in life. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 27, 399-410.
31. Jeynes, W. (2002a). A meta-analysis of the effects of attending religious schools and religiosity on black and hispanic academic achievement. Education & Urban Society, 35, 27-49.
32. Jeynes, W. (2002b). Divorce, family structure, and the academic success of Children. Binghamton, New York: Haworth Press.
33. Jeynes, W. (in press). Does parental involvement eliminate the effects of parental divorce on the academic achievement of adolescents? Journal of Divorce and Remarriage.
34. Jeynes, W. H. (2002c). Educational policy and the effects of attending a religious school on the academic achievement of children. Educational Policy, 16, 406-424.
35. Jeynes, W. H. (1998). The effects of religious commitment on the academic achievement of children. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Council on Family Relations, November, 1998.
36. Jeynes, W. H. (2000). The effects of several of the most common family structures on the academic achievement of eighth graders. Marriage and Family Review, 30, 73-97.
37. Johnson, S. (1992). Extra-school factors in achievement, attainment, and aspiration among junior and senior high school-age African American youth. Journal of Negro Education, 61, 99-119.
38. Kark, J. D., Shemi, G., Friedland, Y., & Martiz, O. (1996). Does religious observance promote health? Mortality in secular vs. religious Kibbutzim in Israel. American Journal of Public Health, 86, 341-346.
39. Koubek, R. J. (1984). Correlation between religious commitment and students' achievement. Psychological Reports, 54, 262.
40. Lee, V. & Bryk, A. (1993). Catholic schools and the common good. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
41. McLanahan, S. & Sandefur, G. (1994). Growing up with a single parent: What hurts, what helps. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
42. Mentzer, M. S. (1988). Religion and achievement motivation in the United States: A structural analysis. Sociological Focus, 21, 307-316.
43. Miller, B. C. & Olson, T. D. (1988). Sexual attitudes and behavior of high school students relation to background and contextual factors. Journal of Sex Research, 24, 194-200.
44. Morris, A. (1994). The academic performance of Catholic schools. School Organization, 14, 81-89.
45. Mudrack, P. E. (1992). 'Work' or 'Leisure'! The Protestant work ethic and participation in an employee fitness program. Journal of Organization Behavior, 13, 81-88.
46. Neisser, U. (1986). The school achievement of minority children. Hillsdale, New Jersey: Erlbaum.
47. Nylander, A. B., Tung, Y., & Xu, X. (1996). The effect of religion on adolescent drug use in America: An assessment of change, 1976-1992. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meeting.
48. Ogbu, J. U. (1992). Adaptation to minority status and impact on school success. Theory into Practice, 31, 287-295.
49. Ogbu, J. U. (1993). Differences in cultural frame of reference. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 16, 483-506.
50. Palmer, C. E. & Noble, D. N. (1986). Pre-mature death: Dilemmas of infant mortality. Social Casework, 67, 332-339.
51. Roscigno, V. J. (1999). Race, cultural capital, and educational inequalities and achievement returns. Sociology of Education, 72, 158-178.
52. Sander, W. (1996). Catholic grade schools and academic achievement. Journal of Human Resources, 31, 540-548.
53. Schafer, W. E. (1997). Religiosity, spirituality, personal distress among college students. Journal of College Student Development, 38, 633-644.
54. Seligman, M. E. (1991). Learned optimism. New York: Simon & Schuster.
55. Shrauger, J. & Silverman, R. E. (1971). The relationship of religious background and participation to locus of control. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 10, 11-16.
56. Simel, D. (1996). Exclusionary Christian civil religion for Jewish and Islamic students in Bavarian schools.' Comparative Education Review, 40, 28-46.
57. Sood, J. & Nasu, Y. (1995). Religiosity and nationality: An exploratory study of their effect on consumer behavior in Japan and the United States. Journal of Business, Research, 34, 1-9.
58. Taylor, R. J., Chatters, L. M., & Hardison, C. (2001). Informal social support networks and subjective well-being among African Americans. Journal of Black Psychology, 27, 439-463.
59. Ter Voert, M. (1993). The effect of religion on work attitudes in the Netherlands. Social Compass, 40, 33-44.
60. Thornton, A. (1978). Marital instability differentials and interactions: Insights from multivariate contingency table analysis. Sociology and Social Research, 62, 572-595.
61. Wallerstein, J. S. & Blakeslee, S. (1989). Second chances: Men, women, and children a decade after divorce. New York: Ticknor and Fields.
62. Wallerstein, J. S., Corbin, S. B., & Lewis, J. M. (1988). Children of divorce: A 10-year study. In E. M. Hetherington & J. D. Arasteh (Eds.), Impact of divorce, single parenting, and step-parenting on children (pp. 197-216). Hillsdale, New Jersey: Erlbaum Associates.
63. Wallerstein, J. S. & Lewis, J. (1998). The long-term impact of divorce on children: A first report from a 25-year study. Family and Conciliation Courts Review, 36, 368-383.
64. Zern, D. S. (1989). Some connections between increasing religiousness and academic accomplishment in a college population. Adolescence, 24, 141-154.
65. Zern, D. S. (1987). The relationship of religious involvement to a variety of indicators of cognitive ability and achievement in college students. Adolescence, 22, 883-895.
66. Zill, N. & Nord, C. W. (1994). Running in place, Washington, DC: Child Trends.