Features of expression of Catholic religiosity in early youth

Straipsnio pagrindas – mokslinis tyrimas, kurio objektas yra katalikiškojo religingumo ugdymas ankstyvojoje jaunystėje. Religingumas suvokiamas kaip daugiamatė socialinė ir psichologinė asmenybės savybė, apimanti šiuos struktūrinius komponentus: kognityvinį (žinojimas, supratimas, įsitikinimai); emocinį (jausmai, su tikėjimu susietos emocijos, išgyvenimai); elgesio (religinė veikla, apeigos, kultas); identifikacinį (asmens tapatinimasis su tam tikra konfesija ar tikėjimu) ir normatyvinį-vertybinį (moralinės ir dorovinės normos, vertybės). Straipsnyje pateikiamos tyrimo teorinės prielaidos ir kai kurie diagnostinio empirinio tyrimo rezultatai. Taikant anketinės apklausos metodą, tyrimas buvo atliktas 2010-2011 m. m. Lietuvos gimnazijų III klasėse. Jame dalyvavo 1367 tiriamieji. Tyrimo metodai: literatūros analizė, anketinė apklausa, sintezė, abstrahavimas, statistinių programų paketas (SPSS).[...] The object of investigation: the expression of Catholic religiosity of third grade gymnasium students. The aim of the article is to reveal the expression and features of Catholic religiosity in early youth. Objectives: to provide theoretical assumptions for the research of Catholic religious expression in the early youth – religious concept, its structure, evaluation criteria, empirical features and distinguishing criteria for analysis; to provide some empirical research data of Catholic religiosity, identifying the factors that influence Catholic religiosity and their interconnections (demographic, socio-cultural, socio-religious, pedagogical-psychological); to reveal interconnections of music, singing, popular forms of Catholic musical piety and expression of religiosity; to emphasize the place of Catholic popular piety in the context of Catholic religiosity. The research methods: analysis of literature, questionnaire survey, generalization, abstraction, statistical program package (SPSS). By reduction and synthesis of methodological insights of philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and sociologists, the general manager of catechesis and Vatican documents, this phenomenon was defined in the following form: religiosity is a multi-characteristic of personality, connecting structural components: cognitive (knowledge, understanding, beliefs), emotional (feelings, emotions connected with belief), behavioural (religious activities, rituals, worship), identificational (personal belonging to confession or awareness of faith) and normative – values (moral and ethical norms, values). In order to reveal the aspects of Catholic popular religiosity, its characteristics and influencing factors, Standard diagnostic instrumentation – ąuestionnaire was prepared. This diagnostic method was constructed on the basis of a theoretical-empirical model of religiosity and levels of religious expression, criteria and empirical indicators established in this model. The analytical study of religiosity was applied dividing it into few components. The aim was to reach these marked religious components: cognitive (knowledge, understanding, belief, faith), emotional (religious experiences, feelings, emotions, faith emotional level), religious activity / behaviour (religious cult, actions that do not belong to cult), identificational (the understanding of belonging to the Catholic confession), normative-value (norms based on the religious beliefs, values, acknowledging of values). These are dependent variables of religiosity. Independent variables are: demographic, socio-religious, religious, socio-pedagogical factors (place of residence, gender, reception of the sacrament of Confirmation, the example of family religiosity, the freąuency of choosing religious studies, religious beliefs, the recognition of religious music influence, practices of popular piety). The research methodology emphasizes the level of religiosity: from low to high expressing five marked components of content, views, attitudes, motivational aspects, dependence of religiosity on demographic, socio-cultural, religious etc. factors. The possibility of the influence of religious music on the education of religiosity of the participants was researched, as well as the influence of Catholic popular piety-normative expression in the structure of religious content of participants. The questionnaire includes quantitative and qualitative character issues. The questionnaire consisted of 57 questions; descriptive statements were divided into separate blocks. [...