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Religiosity and different types of delinquency

The purpose of the present study is a) to examine bivariate relationship between religiosity and several forms of delinquency, b) to examine whether religiosity is significantly related to several forms of delinquency after controlling for the effects of sociodemographic variables and value orientations. The research was conducted using a representative sample of high school students in the Republic of Croatia (2 823). The religiosity construct was measured by frequency of attending religious services and importance of religion in the respondent's life. Delinquency was measured by adapted version of Self-reported Delinquency Scale which included 36 delinquent acts. Three measures of value orientations were used. The results of the study revealed that the strength of association between religiosity and delinquency vary across different types of delinquency. The results of hierarchical regression analyses revealed that when controlling for sociodemographic variables predictive power of religiosity is reduced.

religious importance; religious attendance; value orientations; sociodemographic factors; types of delinquency

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