Children's religious knowledge and attitudes: relationships with parents' religious knowledge and attitudes, education and family structure

• Main Author: Arockiasamy, Joseph Xavier
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Children > Religious life; Parent and child; Interpersonal relations in children; Single-parents; Parents > Religious life; Families; Counseling; Educational Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1767
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study finds out the relationship between the children's religious knowledge and attitudes and the (1) parents' religious knowledge and attitudes, (2) family structure, and (3) parents' education. It also identifies the religious knowledge and attitudes of children with either single parents or intact parents. A combination of descriptive, correlational, and comparative method was adopted. Involved in this study were 101 respondents composed of 41 third-year high school students and 60 parents. The Philippine Attitude Scale and Knowledge Orientation (PASKO) was used to find out the respondents' religious knowledge and attitudes. Two other questionnaires were also used to find out the family structure and the parents' education. The Pearson r and the t-test were the statistical tools used. There was a significant relationship between the children's and the fathers' religious knowledge about God, Church, and Bible. Likewise, there was a significant relationship between mothers' and children's religious knowledge about God and the Bible. There was a significant relationship between fathers' and children's religious attitudes towards God and the Christian behavior. There was a significant relationship between mothers' and children's religious attitudes towards God and Doubt. A significant correlation existed between children's religious attitudes and their fathers' education toward God. There was no significant relationship between children's religious knowledge and family structure about God. Likewise, a significant relationship was identified between religious attitude and the family structure toward God. There was no significant difference in the religious knowledge and attitude of children with single parents and those with intact parents, except in knowledge about God and in attitude toward Christian behavior. It was concluded that, generally, parents passed on their children what they know and do, especially their religious knowledge and attitudes. However, their level of education and their being si