Social and Cognitive Influences on the Development of Religious Beliefs and Commitment in Adolescence

Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases

1975 • 23,866 citations

Religion and Society in Tension.

1966 • 1,038 citations

Group polarization: A critical review and meta-analysis.

1986 • 939 citations

The individual and his religion

1950 • 697 citations

The Religious Factor

1961 • 558 citations

On the Relative Influence of Mothers and Fathers: A Covariance Analysis of Political and Religious Socialization

1978 • 276 citations

Group cohesiveness, communication level, and conformity.

1961 • 182 citations

A longitudinal study of friendship development.

1985 • 181 citations

Religious Socialization, Apostasy, and the Impact of Family Background

1984 • 175 citations

The Religious Factor, by Gerhard Lenski

1962 • 133 citations

Secularization, Higher Education, and Religiosity

1984 • 123 citations

Determinants of Church Participation and Attitudes among High School Youth

1978 • 122 citations

The Social Bases of Religion: A Study of Factors Influencing Religious Belief and Commitment

1987 • 109 citations

Sex Differences in Factors Affecting Religiousness among Catholic Adolescents

1981 • 109 citations

Cognitive and emotional antecedents of religious conversion.

1982 • 100 citations

The Consciousness Reformation

1978 • 94 citations

Gender and Regional Differences in the Religiosity of Protestant Adolescents

1981 • 91 citations

Friendship, Religion, and the Occult: A Network Study

1981 • 86 citations

On Maintaining Plausibility: The Worldview of Evangelical College Students

1984 • 71 citations

Apostasy: A Social Learning Perspective

1983 • 70 citations

Religious Conformity in an Age of Disbelief: Contextual Effects of Time, Denomination, and Family Processes Upon Church Decline and Apostasy

1981 • 63 citations

Socioeconomic Differentials Among White Socioreligious Groups in the United States

1979 • 40 citations

The Relative Importance of Parents and Peers for Adolescent Religious Orientation: An Australian Study.

1983 • 39 citations

Denominational Switching and Religiosity

1980 • 36 citations

Patterns of Religious Disaffiliation: A Study of Lifelong Mormons, Mormon Converts, and Former Mormons

1983 • 35 citations

Religious Participation, Socioeconomic Status, and Belief-Orthodoxy

1977 • 32 citations

Three Measures of Current Levels of Religiosity

1975 • 29 citations

Religious Loyalty, Defection, and Experimentation: A Longitudinal Analysis of University Men

1978 • 28 citations

A Conception of Early Adolescence.

1971 • 28 citations

Maintaining the Faith during College: A Study of Campus Religious Group Participation

1983 • 26 citations

Determinants of College Teachers' Religious Beliefs and Participation

1976 • 20 citations

Literal, Antiliteral, and Mythological Religious Orientations

1975 • 20 citations

Motivations for Attending High Holy Day Services

1971 • 17 citations

Background Religious Denomination, Parental Emphasis, and the Religious Orientation of University Students

1976 • 16 citations

Religious Orthodoxy and Emotionality

1978 • 13 citations

Religion, Religious Beliefs, and Religious Practices among Conservative Jewish Adolescents.

1980 • 13 citations

Questionnaire Distribution: A Method That Significantly Improved Return Rates

1985 • 12 citations

A Model of Change of Religious Affiliation

1975 • 11 citations

Assessing the Religious Needs of College Students: Action-Oriented Research in the Religious Context

1984 • 10 citations

A Research Note on the Sources of Adult Church Commitment among Those Who Were Regular Attenders during Childhood

1980 • 9 citations