Finding

 


This finding looks at the relationship between adolescents' religiosity and vandalism.

Compared with youths who reported high levels of religiosity, those who reported low levels of religiosity were twice as likely to engage in vandalism.


Sample or Data Description
3,065 male and female students in grades 7 through 12 in Midwestern states.


Source
"Another Look at Delinquency and Religiosity"
Cochran, John K.
Sociological Spectrum Vol. 9, Number . , 1989. Page(s) 147-`162.


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