Author(s)

Maria Rantzou¹, Eleni Mpellou²

¹Faculty of Theology, School of Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
²Religious Education, Thessaloniki, Greece.

The aim of the article is to explore the religiosity of adolescents, focusing mainly on the attitudes and behaviors of children aged 13 - 15 years. The research design was based on the assumption that adolescents have become less and less religious in recent decades. The research in the relevant literature focused on specific theories and assumptions that formed the theoretical framework of the research. The sample of the research is students aged 13, 14 and 15 who were attending a High School in the prefecture of Thessaloniki during the school year 2019-2020. This High School was selected because it met all the formal requirements for conducting the research and had all the essential characteristics of a school as its students came from families with average economic, social and educational range. The sample consisted of 89 students (31 boys and 58 girls). The structured questionnaire was chosen as a research tool for data collection. Factor analysis (Varimax method) was used. The appropriateness of the data for the application of factor analysis was found through the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin statistical measure (values from 0 to 1) and the Bartlett sphericity test. The analysis of the research variables showed that: Religion does not seem to be a practical part of their daily life. Religion is quite high in their value system and is a determining factor of their identity. Adolescents believe, however, without participating in religious rituals and events and without fully sharing the way of life dictated by religion.

Religiosity, Adolescence, Faith, Christian Ethics

Rantzou, M. and Mpellou, E. (2021) The Religiosity Behavior of Adolescence Case Study in Greece. Creative Education, 12, 797-808. doi: 10.4236/ce.2021.124056.