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"Adolescent Work Intensity and Substance Use: The Mediational and Moderational Role of Parents"
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by Kyle C. Longest and Dr. Michael J. Shanahan is reprinted with permission from the Journal of Marriage and Family, © August 2007. All rights reserved. The Journal of Marriage and Family is published by the National Council on Family Relations. The definitive version of the article is available at: www.blackwell-synergy.com.
"Intergenerational Religious Dynamics and Adolescent Delinquency"
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by Dr. Lisa D. Peace and Dr. Dana L. Haynie is reprinted with permission from Social Forces, © June 2004. All rights reserved. Social Forces is published by the University of North Carolina Press for the Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"Religious participation and network closure among American Adolescents"
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by Christian Smith is reprinted with permission from the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, © June 2003. All rights reserved. The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is published by Blackwell Publishers, Inc. U.S. Email: subscrip@blackwellpub.com.
Linked Lives, Faith, and Behavior: Intergenerational Religious Influence on Adolescent Delinquency
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by Mark Regnerus is reprinted with permission from the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, © June 2003. All rights reserved. The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is published by Blackwell Publishers, Inc. U.S. Email: subscrip@blackwellpub.com.
Mark D. Regnerus, 2005, “Talking about Sex: Religion and Patterns of Parent-Child Communication about Sex and Contraception,” The Sociological Quarterly, 46: 81-107.
Mark D. Regnerus and Amy Burdette, 2006, “Religious Change and Adolescent Family Dynamics,” The Sociological Quarterly, 47: 175-194.
Mark D. Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker, 2006, “Finding Faith, Losing Faith: The Prevalence and Context of Religious Transformations during Adolescence,” Review of Religious Research 47: 217-237.
Philip Schwadel, 2008, “Poor Teenagers’ Religion,” Sociology of Religion, 69(2): 125-149.
Research Note: Religious Participation and Parental Moral Expectations and Supervision of American Youth
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by Christian Smith. Reprinted with permission from the June 2003 issue of the Review of Religious Research journal. The Review of Religious Research is published by the Religious Research Association. Email: swatos@microd.com.
Mapping American Adolescent Subjective Religiosity and Attitudes of Alienation Toward Religion: A Research Report
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by Christian Smith, Robert Faris, Melinda Lundquist Denton and Mark Regnerus. Reprinted with permission from the spring 2003 issue of the Sociology of Religion journal. Sociology of Religion is published by the Association for the Sociology of Religion, Inc. Email: swatos@microd.com.
Theorizing Religious Effects Among American Adolescents
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by Christian Smith. Reprinted with permission from the March 2003 issue of the Journal for the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is published by Blackwell Publishers, Inc. U.S. Email: subscrip@blackwellpub.com.
Mapping American Adolescent Religious Participation
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by Christian Smith, Melinda Lundquist Denton, Robert Faris and Mark Regnerus. Reprinted with permission from the December 2002 issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. The Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion is published by Blackwell Publishers, Inc. U.S. Email: subscrip@blackwellpub.com.
Patricia Snell, 2009 “What Difference Does Youth Group Make?: A Longitudinal Analysis of Religious Youth Group Participation and Religious Life Outcomes,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 48(3): 572-587.
Jenny Trinitapoli, 2007, “Religious Exclusivism among US Adolescents,” The Sociological Quarterly 48: 451-483.
Jeremy Uecker, 2008, “Alternative Schooling Strategies and the Religious Lives of American Adolescents,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 47: 563-584.
Stephen Vaisy and Christian Smith, 2008, “Catholic Guilt among U.S. Adolescents: A Research Note,” Review of Religious Research, 49(4): 415-426.
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Book Chapters

Lisa D. Pearce and Melinda Lundquist Denton, 2009, “Religiosity in the Lives of Youth,” in the International Handbook on Youth and Young Adulthood, edited by A. Furlong. London: Routledge Press.
Mark D. Regnerus, 2009, “Imitation Sex and the New Middle Class Morality,” chapter in Speaking of Sexuality: Interdisciplinary Readings, 3rd Edition, edited by J. Kenneth Davidson, Nelwyn B. Moore, and Terri D. Fisher, New York: Oxford University Press.
Mark D. Regnerus, 2009, “Religion and Adolescent Sexual Behavior,” chapter in Religion, Families, and Health, edited by Christopher Ellison and Robert Hummer, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
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