Research Article
Adolescent Religiosity and Psychosocial Functioning: Investigating the Roles of Religious Tradition, National-Ethnic Group, and Gender
Table 3
Means and standard deviations for youth outcomes by religious tradition category.
| ā | Self esteem | Depression | Social initiative | Antisocial behavior | ā | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
| Buddhist | 3.604 | .613 | 1.500 | .305 | 2.980 | .736 | .361 | .334 | Christian | 3.757 | .684 | 1.363 | .300 | 3.379 | .794 | .423 | .368 | Hindu | 3.406 | .564 | 1.398 | .279 | 3.194 | .789 | .313 | .350 | Muslim | 3.531 | .612 | 1.462 | .287 | 3.132 | .729 | .245 | .281 | No preference | 3.691 | .672 | 1.449 | .330 | 3.105 | .756 | .391 | .342 | Other | 3.612 | .643 | 1.425 | .332 | 3.300 | .813 | .426 | .351 | Atheist/non religious | 3.698 | .695 | 1.477 | .331 | 3.077 | .711 | .361 | .328 |
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