Membership of religious communities and its consequences for young people development - presentation of model relations

Abstract

The scientific knowledge about religiousness of adolescents is relatively rich. The results of previous explorations provide solutions to some of the pitfalls concerning the religiousness of adolescents and form the ground for new queries and setting new directions in exploring this area. This article is devoted to the importance of belonging to youth religious communities for the choice of religious stress coping strategies and its relationship with developing world view with special regard to the system of values as well as the development of the dimensions of identity among adolescents who declare belonging to the Catholic church.