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• McClure, Paul K. 2016. "Faith and Facebook in a Pluralistic Age: The Effects of Social Networking Sites on the Religious Beliefs of Emerging Adults." Sociological Perspectives 59(4) 818-834.
• Manglos-Weber, Nicolette D., Margarita A. Mooney, Kenneth A. Bollen, and J. Micah Roos.  2016.  “Relationships with God among Young Adults:  Validating a Measurement Model with Four Dimensions.”  Sociology of Religion 77:1-21.
• Thomson Jr., Robert A., and Sung Joon Jang.  2016.    "Homeschool and Underage Drinking:  Is it More Protective than Public and Private Schools?"  Deviant Behavior 37:3 281-301, DOI:  10.1080/01639625.2015.1012411
• Hardie, Jessica. 2015. "Women's Work? Predictors of Young Men's Aspirations for Entering Traditionally Female-dominated Occupations." Sex Roles 72: 349-362.
• Kraus, Rachel, Scott Desmond, and Zachary Palmer. 2015. "Being Thankful: Examining the Relationship Between Young Adult Religiosity and Gratitute." Journal of Religion and Health 54: 1331-1344.
• Mark Berends and Kendralin J. Freeman. 2015. "The Catholic School Advantage in a Changing Social Landscape: Consistency or Increasing Fragility?"  The Journal of School Choice.
• Brian J. Miller and Peter Mundey. 2015. “Follow the Rules and No One Will Get Hurt: Performing Boundary Work to Avoid Negative Interactions When Using Social Network Sites.” Information, Communication and Society 18(2):187-201. 
• Hoffman, John P. 2014. "Religiousness, Social Networks, Moral Schemas, and Marijuana Use: A Dynamic Dual-Process Model of Culture and Behavior." Social Forces 93: 181-208.
• Jonathan P. Hill, 2014. "Rejecting evolution: The role of religion, education, and social networks". Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 53:575-94.
• Richard Petts, 2014. “Parental Religiosity and Youth Religiosity: Variations by Family Structure.” Sociology of Religion doi:10.1093/socrel/sru064.
• Jacob Sorenson. 2014. "The Summer Camp Experience and Faith Formation of Emerging Adults."  Journal of Youth Ministry 13(1): 17-41.
• Eve Veliz, 2014. "Rising Souls: Religion and Family Relationships among Latino Adolescents" In Soul of Society: A Focus on the Lives of Children &Youth. 151-172.
• Davignon, Phil.  2013.  "The Effects of R-Rated Movies on Adolescent and Young Adult Religiosity:  Media as Self-Socialization."  Review of Religious Research  55 (4):  615-628.
• Jessica Halliday Hardie, Lisa D. Pearce and Melinda Lundquist Denton, 2013.  "The Dynamics and Correlates of Religious Service Attendance in Adolescence."  Youth and Society XX(X) 1-25.
• Jonathan P. Hill and Kevin R. Den Dulk, 2013.  "Religion, Volunteering, and Education Setting: The Effect of Youth Schooling Type on Civic Engagement."  52(1): 179—197.
• Nicolette D. Manglos, 2013. "Faith Pinnacle Moments: Stress, Miraculous Experiences, and Life Satisfaction in Young Adulthood."  Sociology of Religion, 74:2 176-198.
• Brian J. Miller, Peter Mundey and Jonathan P. Hill, 2013.  "Faith in the Age of Facebook: Exploring the Links Between Religion and Social Network Site Membership and Use."  Sociology of Religion, 74:2 227—253.
• Lisa D. Pearce, E. Michael Foster, and Jessica Halliday Hardie. "A Person‐Centered Examination of Adolescent Religiosity Using Latent Class Analysis." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 52, no. 1 (2013): 57-79.
• Adamczyk, Amy and Jacob Felson.  2012.  "The Effect of Religion-supported Programs on Health-related Behaviors in Adolescence."  Review of Religious Research 54 (4):  469-497.
• Amy Adamczyk, March 2012, “Extracurricular Activities and Teens’ Alcohol Use: The Role of Religious and Secular Sponsorship.” Social Science Research, 41 (2): 412-424.
• Amy Adamczyk, June 2012, “Investigating the Role of Religion-Supported Secular Programs for Explaining Initiation Into First Sex.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 51 (2): 324-342.
• Piotr S. Bobkowski, Jane D. Brown & Deborah R. Neffa, 2012 “Hit Me UP and We Can Get Down.” Journal of Children and Media 6, (1).
• Melinda Lundquist Denton, 2012, “Family Structure, Family Disruption, and Profiles of Adolescent Religiosity.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 51 (1): 42-64.
• Patricia Snell Herzog, 2012.  "Accidental Inequality: How Religious Youth Socialization Reproduces Social Inequality."  Sociological Spectrum, 32: 291—308.
• Nicolette D. Manglos, December 2012. "Faith Pinnacle Moments: Stress, Miraculous Experiences, and Life Satisfaction among U.S. Young Adults.” Sociology of Religion.
• Lisa D. Pearce, 2012.  "Mixed Methods Inquiry in Sociology."  American Behavioral Scientist, 56(6) 829—848.
• Bartkowski, John P., Xiaohe Xu, and Kristi M. Fondren.  2011.  "Faith, Family, and Teen Dating:  Examining the Effects of Personal and Household Religiosity on Adolescent Romantic Relationships."  Review of Religious Research 52 (3):  248-265.
• Damon, Mayrl and Jeremy E. Uecker. 2011. "Higher Education and Religious Liberalization among Young Adults." Social Forces 90: 181-208.
• Tavares, Carlos. 2011. "Why Can't We Be Friends: The Role of Religious Congregation-based Social Contact for Closer Interracial Adolescent Friendships." Review of Religious Research 52: 439-453.
• Piotr S. Bobkowski and Lisa D. Pearce, 2011, “Baring Their Souls in Online Profiles or Not? Religious Self-disclosure in Social Media,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 50 (4): 744-762.
• Kraig Beyerlein, Jenny Trinitapoli, and Gary Adler, 2011, “The Effect of Religious Short Term Mission Trips on Youth Civic Engagement,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 50 (4) 780-795.
• Justin Farrell, 2011, “The Young and the Restless? The Liberalization of Young Evangelicals,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 50 (3) 517-532.
• Jonathan Hill, 2011 “Faith and Understanding: Specifying the Impact of Higher Education on Religious Belief.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 50: 533-51.
• Kyle Longest and Christian Smith, December 2011, “Conflicting or Compatible: Beliefs About Religion and Science among Emerging Adults in the U.S.,” Sociological Forum (Volume 26, Number 4).
• Patricia Snell, 2011. “Just Reproduce After What I Taught You: Spatial Segregation of Religious Youth Socialization and the Reproduction of Social Inequality.” Youth & Society, 43 (3). First published online: June 24, 2010.
• Patricia Snell, 2011, “Contextual Inequalities in Religious Youth Programming”, Review of Religious Research, doi: 10.1007/s13644-011-0012-7. First published online: June 2, 2011.
• Philip Schwadel, 2011. “Jewish Teenagers' Syncretism and Exposure to Judaism,” Review of Religious Research.
• Brandon Vaidyanathan, June 2011. "Religious Resources or Differential Returns? Early Religious Socialization and Declining Attendance in Emerging Adulthood,” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 50 (2) 366-387.
• Patricia Snell, 2010, “Emerging Adult Civic Disengagement: A Longitudinal Analysis of Moral Values in Explaining Interest in Political Involvement.” Journal of Adolescent Research. 25(2): 258-287.
• Stephen Vaisey and Omar Lizardo, 2010, “Can Cultural Worldviews Influence Network Composition?” Social Forces, 88(4): 1595-1618.
• Stephen Vaisey, 2010, “What People Want: Rethinking Poverty, Culture, and Educational Attainment,” Annals, AAPSS, 629.
• Armet, Stephen. 2009. "Religious Socialization and Identity Formation of Adolescents in High Tension Religions." Review of Religious Research 50: 277-297.
• Peter Bobkowski, 2009, “Adolescent Religiosity and Selective Exposure to Television,” Journal of Media and Religion, 8: 55-70.
• Amy Burdette, 2009, “Religious Involvement and Transitions into Adolescent Sexual Activities,” Sociology of Religion, 70 (1): 28-48.
• Christian Smith, 2009, “Stop Calling Kids ‘Students,’” GROUP Magazine.
• Patricia Snell, Christian Smith, Carlos Tavares, and Kari Christoffersen. 2009. "Denominational Differences in Congregational Youth Ministry Programming and Empirical Evidence of Systematic Non-Response Biases in Surveys," Review of Religious Research, 51(1): 21-38.
• 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.
• Stephen Vaisey, 2009, “Motivation and Justification: A Dual Process Model of Culture in Action,” American Journal of Sociology, 114(6): 1675-1715.
• Jenny Trinitapoli, 2009, “The Transformative Role of Religious Experience: The Case of Short-Term Missions,” Social Forces, 88(1): 121-146.
• Jennifer Glanville, David Sikkink, and Edwin Hernandez, 2008, “Religious Involvement and Educational Outcomes: The Role of Social Capital and Extracurricular Participation,” revised and resubmitted to The Sociological Quarterly, 49: 105-137.
• Kyle C. Longest and Stephen Vaisey, 2008, “Control or Conviction: Religion and Adolescent Initiation of Marijuana Use,” Journal of Drug Issues, 38: 689-716.
• Philip Schwadel, 2008, "Poor Teenagers" Religion," Sociology of Religion, 69(2): 125-149.
• Jeremy Uecker, 2008, "Alternative Schooling Strategies and the Religious Lives of American Adolescents," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 47: 563-584.
• Stephen Vaisey and Christian Smith, 2008, "Catholic Guilt among U.S. Adolescents: A Research Note," Review of Religious Research, 49(4): 415-426.
• Vaisey, Stephen and Christian Smith.  2008.  "Catholic Guilt among US Teenagers: A Research Note."  Review of Religious Research 49:  415-426.
• Trinitapoli, Jenny. 2007. "'I Know This Isn't PC but...': Religious Exclusivism among US Adolescents." The Sociological Quarterly 48: 451-483.
• "Adolescent Work Intensity and Substance Use: The Mediational and Moderational Role of Parents" [PDF] 
• Jenny Trinitapoli, 2007, "Religious Exclusivism among US Adolescents," The Sociological Quarterly 48: 451-483.
• Kyle C. Longest and Michael J. Shanahan, 2007, “Adolescent Work Intensity and Substance Use: The Mediational and Moderational Role of Parents,” Journal of Marriage and Family, 69: 703 - 720.  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.
• 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.
• Mark D. Regnerus and Amy Burdette, 2006, "Religious Change and Adolescent Family Dynamics," The Sociological Quarterly, 47: 175-194.
• Mark D. Regnerus, 2005, "Talking about Sex: Religion and Patterns of Parent-Child Communication about Sex and Contraception," The Sociological Quarterly, 46: 81-107.
• "Intergenerational Religious Dynamics and Adolescent Delinquency" [PDF] 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" [PDF] 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 [PDF] 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.
• Research Note: Religious Participation and Parental Moral Expectations and Supervision of American Youth [PDF] 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 [PDF] 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" (no longer available) 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" (no longer available) 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.

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Book Chapters

• Lisa D. Pearce and Jessica Halliday Hardie, 2012. “Religion’s Role in the Development of Girls’ Occupational Aspirations.” In Values, Religion, and Culture in Adolescent Development, edited by Gisella Trommsdorff and Xinyin Chen. 
• Kyle C. Longest, 2012, “Using Stata for Quantitative Analysis,” Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Patricia Snell. "Civic and Political Disengagement," In Christian Smith, Understanding Emerging Adult Culture, under review at Oxford University Press.
• Christian Smith, 2010. “On ‘Moralistic Therapeutic Deism’ as U.S. Teenagers’ Actual, Tacit, De Facto Religious Faith.” In Sylvia Collins-Mayo and P. Dandelion (eds.), Religion and Youth. Aldershot: Ashgate.
• 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.
• Christian Smith, 2009. “Is Moralistic, Therapeutic Deism the New Religion of American Youth?” In Don Miller and James Heft (eds.), The Faith of the Next Generation. New York: Fordham 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.