Do Adolescents Who Regularly Attend Religious Services Stay Out of Trouble? Results From a National Sample

Youth and Society

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 856-881

  Salas Wright, Christopher P ^a   Lombe, Margaret ^b   Vaughn, Michael G ^c   Maynard, Brandy R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; delinquency; religiosity; substance abuse; violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OFFENDER; SELF CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84989915540     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X14521222     Document Type: Article

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