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This finding looks at the relationship between parents' church attendance and children's mental and emotional health.

Children were less likely to have internalizing behavior problems (in terms of anxiety, loneliness, low self-esteem, and sadness) if either of their parents attended church services and/or if both parents attended with the same frequency (i.e. either sporadically or frequently.)

Sample or Data Description
Data came from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten Class (ECLS-K) regarding parents' and teachers' reports on 16,000 kindergärtners and first-graders, beginning with the 1998-1999 school year.

Source
"Religion and Child Development: Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study"
Bartkowski, John P.
Xu, Xiaohe and Levin, Martin L.
Social Science Research Vol. NA, Number . , 2007. Page(s) NA.

FindingID: 8496