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Selected Variables Related To Alienation From Religion Among Church-Related High School Students, Carl Robert Laurent
Selected Variables Related To Alienation From Religion Among Church-Related High School Students, Carl Robert Laurent
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Problem. One of the most important concerns of parents and church leaders is alienation from religion among church-related adolescents. This research was conducted to discover relationships that might exist between alienation from religion and other selected variables.
Method. Three hundred and ninety students were selected by a stratified random method from among all students attending three church-related youth conferences. Each teenager was asked to respond to an inventory which consisted of 162 statements divided into eighteen attitude scales. One scale measured alienation from religion, while the other seventeen measured the independent variables. The major statistical method used in analyzing the …