ArticlePsychological medicine2023
Examining the role of maternal religiosity in offspring mental health using latent class analysis in a UK prospective cohort study.
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- Parental Religion and Spirituality in Early Childhood Development: An Exploratory Narrative Overview of Longitudinal Evidence.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- Maternal Religiosity and Adolescent Substance Use: A UK Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of religion and health · 2025Article
- Does concern regarding climate change impact subsequent mental health? A longitudinal analysis using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).Royal Society open science · 2025Article
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- Prospective relationships between patterns of religious belief/non-belief and mental health in adults: A UK cohort study.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
- Identifying patterns of religiosity in adults from a large UK cohort using latent class analysis.Wellcome open research · 2022Article
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backgroundPrevious research has examined the role of parental religious belief in offspring mental health, but has revealed inconsistent results, and suffered from a number of limitations. The aim of this study is to examine the prospective relationship between maternal religiosity and offspring mental health and psychosocial outcomes.
methodsWe used latent classes of religious belief (Highly religious, Moderately religious, Agnostic, Atheist) in mothers from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children from 1990, and examined their association with parent-reported mental health outcomes and self-reported psychosocial outcomes in their children at age 7-8 (
resultsThere was evidence for a greater risk of internalising problems among the offspring of the Highly religious and Moderately religious classes [e.g. for depression; OR 1.40. 95% CI (1.07-1.85), OR 1.48, 95% CI (1.17-1.87)], and greater risk of externalising problems in the offspring of the Atheist class [e.g. for ADHD; OR 1.41, 95% CI (1.08-1.85)], compared to the offspring of the Agnostic class.
conclusionsThese novel findings provide evidence associations between maternal religiosity and offspring mental health differ when examined using a person-centred approach, compared to the previously used variable-centred approaches. Our findings also suggest that differences may exist in the relationship between religious (non)belief and mental health variables when comparing the UK and US.
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