Religion Family and Chinese Youth Development

<p>Religion is a fundamental cultural factor profoundly influential on human mental health and behavioural choices and in addition family is the most proximal and intimate socialization agent contributive to youth development. <i>Religion Family and Chinese Youth Development</i> explores how religious involvement of Chinese parents affects their psychological health and family socialization which leads to various aspects of the development of Chinese youths.</p><p>Specifically a structural relationship between religion family socialization and youth development was constructed theoretically and tested empirically in the Chinese context which can portray the linked lives of religious involvement of Chinese parents parental psychological health family processes parenting practices the development of psychosocial maturity and the internalizing and externalizing outcomes of Chinese youths. Undeniably the findings of this book provide insightful social and policy implications for researchers and human service practitioners related to Chinese societies. </p><p>By clearly depicting and empirically testing the connections between religion family and Chinese youth development the book can be a reference for clergy family practitioners researchers policy makers management of NGOs and graduate students of social sciences. </p>