The Relationship Between Parent and Adolescent Levels of Religiosity and Quality of the Parent-Child Relationship

The present study retrospectively explored the difference and similarities in religious beliefs between female Muslims during adolescence, and their parents; and how the similarities/differences relate to the quality of the parent-child relationship. It was hypothesized that religious similarity between a parent and adolescent would be positively correlated with the quality of the parent-child relationship. Similar levels of religiosity between the mother and adolescent was positively related to the positivity of the mother-daughter relationship. The number of similar religious practices followed by the father and daughter was also positively related to the positivity of the father-daughter relationship. In addition, implications of this study and future suggestions for research are discussed in this paper