Religious Resources or Differential Returns? Early Religious Socialization and Declining Attendance in Emerging Adulthood

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 366-387

  Vaidyanathan, Brandon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Channeling hypothesis; Emerging adulthood; Socialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958069144     PISSN: 00218294     EISSN: 14685906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01573.x     Document Type: Article

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