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33449
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English
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Family, Religion, and Delinquency Among LDS Youth
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Religion, Mental Health, and the Latter-day Saints
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Provo, UT
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BYU Religious Studies Center
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129-168
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"This study examines the relationship between religion and delinquency among Latter-day Saint youth residing on the East Coast, in the Pacific Northwest, and in central Utah. The differing geographical locations were selected in order to investigate whether the dominant Latter-day Saint culture in Utah reduced acts of delinquency among LDS youth. The results of this study indicate that neither geography nor concentration of LDS youth were directly related to delinquency. This report suggests that lower rates of delinquency are associated with the 'spiritual environment' of the home rather than with geographical location. The authors of this study conclude that youth who most successfully resist peer pressure to engage in delinquent behavior come from homes where parents teach and live religious principles. Specifically, the internalization of religion, private religious devotion, the importance of the youth's relationship with God, and experiences with the Spirit were the most significant factors in predicting delinquency." [Abstract from chapter]