Adolescent Religiosity and Psychosocial Functioning: Investigating the Roles of Religious Tradition, National-Ethnic Group, and Gender

Table 4

Correlations of constructed scales for girls (above diagonal; 𝑛=4346) and boys (below diagonal; 𝑛=3905), global means and standard deviations.

Variables	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
(1) Religiosity	—	.05**	−.07**	−.18**	.20**
(2) Self-esteem	−.02	—	−.54**	−.18**	.29**
(3) Depression	−.02	−.53**	—	.19**	−.23**
(4) Antisocial behavior	−.12**	−.18**	.17**	—	−.01
(5) Social initiative	.18**	.26**	−.20**	−.04*	—
Overall mean (SD)	3.43 (1.38)	3.62 (.65)	1.42 (.30)	.34 (.34)	3.23 (.78)
Mean (SD) for females	3.49 (1.35)	3.57 (.65)	1.45 (.31)	.30 (.32)	3.25 (.78)
Mean (SD) for males	3.36 (1.39)	3.68 (.65)	1.38 (.28)	.40 (.36)	3.21 (.77)
Cronbach’s alpha	.81	.78	.72	.75	.77

^∗𝑝 < .01;   ^∗∗𝑝 < .001.