The Influence of Family Solidarity on Religious Participation and Religiosity Among College Students

The objective of this thesis was to gauge the predictive effects of family solidarity on religious participation and religiosity among college students. The study was undertaken using the theoretical perspective that the function of religion has changed as society has become increasingly modern. A short questionnaire was administered in mid-October 1994 to students in a mid-sized Southern university. The final sample consisted of 299 students under age 25. Cross-tabular analysis, bivariate correlations, and multiple regression were used to analyze the data. Results suggest that student's level of family solidarity was an influential factor in determining both religious participation (measured by church attendance) and religiosity. However, it had a much greater effect in terms of predicting religiosity.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Sociology

Year

1994

Author dc:creator

• Collins, Michael

• Sociology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/937

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1940