RT Article
T1 Religiosity as a factor of social-emotional resilience and personal growth during the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatian adolescents
JF Journal of Religious Education
VO 71
IS 2
SP 123
OP 137
A1 Filipović, Ana Thea 1961-
A1 Rihtar, Stanko
LA English
PB Springer
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1860806252
AB The coronavirus pandemic and measures to protect against the spread of infection have had a specific effect on individual age groups. This research is focused on adolescents (from 13 to 19 years old) because young people at that age are already going through a developmental crisis, which is further intensified by pandemic circumstances. The survey, conducted in Croatia from December 2020 to February 2021 (N = 857), sought to identify the possible personalizing of faith in adolescents as well as the impact of religiosity on their coping with the pandemic, especially in terms of social-emotional resilience and personal growth. In addition to descriptive indicators, the analysis used inferential procedures to check the statistical significance of differences (t-test, ANOVA), as well as connections and determinations between variables (correlation and regression analysis). The hypotheses were confirmed that the faith of religious adolescents became more personal and that it had a positive effect on psycho-social resilience and personal growth, but in combination with family cohesion, which on the one hand was stimulated by religiosity, and on the other, influenced personal growth.
K1 Adolescents
K1 Covid-19 Pandemic
K1 Personal Growth
K1 Religiosity
K1 Social-emotional resilience
DO 10.1007/s40839-023-00197-x