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Ball, Joanna; Armistead, Lisa; Austin, Barbara-jeanne – Journal of Adolescence, 2003
Study provides a description of religiosity in a sample of African-American female teens and examines religion as a resource for these adolescents by focusing on the association between religiosity and sexual activity, self-esteem, and general psychological functioning. Results reveal that greater overall religiosity was associated with greater…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Emotional Adjustment, Females