@article{d4744197db8549318fbc8c0ecd3f6b9a,
title = "Patterns of Shared Religious Attendance and Positive Stepfamily Functioning",
abstract = "This study used data from Add Health to examine the relationship between shared participation in religious activities and positive stepfamily functioning as indicated by the closeness of the stepfather–stepchild bond, the closeness of the mother–child bond, the quality of the mother–stepfather relationship, the adolescent's perception of family belonging, and the stability of the mother–stepfather marriage. The study incorporated information on shared religious participation between adolescents and their mothers and stepfathers by examining whether adolescents reported frequently attending religious services or church-related events with both parents, with one parent, or with neither parent. Shared religious attendance was positively associated with several aspects of stepfamily functioning above and beyond the positive association of family members{\textquoteright} engagement in other types of shared activities.",
author = "Valarie King and Rachel Lindstrom and Chanell Washington",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to the Population Research Institute at The Pennsylvania State University for Population Research Infrastructure (P2C HD041025) and Family Demography Training (T32 HD007514). This research uses data from Add Health, a program project directed by Kathleen Mullan Harris and designed by J. Richard Udry, Peter S. Bearman, and Kathleen Mullan Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and funded by grant P01 HD31921 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, with cooperative funding from 23 other federal agencies and foundations. Special acknowledgment is due Ronald R. Rindfuss and Barbara Entwisle for assistance in the original design. Information on how to obtain the Add Health data files is available on the Add Health website (http://www.cpc. unc.edu/addhealth). No direct support was received from grant P01 HD31921 for this analysis. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Society for Research on Adolescence",
year = "2019",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1111/jora.12409",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "29",
pages = "357--368",
journal = "Journal of Research on Adolescence",
issn = "1050-8392",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "2",
}