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Church Depresses Latino and Asian Teens

by Ron Gold on Sep.05, 2008, under Fresh News, Religulous

A new study shows that some teens who attend religious services are less depressed than is typical, yet teens from some minority groups are more depressed:

Previous research has shown that teens who are active in religious services are depressed less often because it provides these adolescents with social support and a sense of belonging.

But new research has found that this does not hold true for all adolescents, particularly for minorities and some females. The study found that white and African-American adolescents generally had fewer symptoms of depressive at high levels of religious participation. But for some Latino and Asian-American adolescents, attending church more often was actually affecting their mood in a negative way.

Asian-American adolescents who reported high levels of participation in their church had the highest number of depressive symptoms among teens of their race.

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