Study Examines Teens on Religion

RALEIGH — Contrary to “widespread and persistent stereotypes,” most American adolescents are not alienated from or hostile toward organized religion, and as much as two-thirds of those youth closely agree with the religious beliefs of their parents, a UNC-Chapel Hill study says. The findings were released Tuesday as part of a four-year research project, the National Study of Youth and Religion. The authors said their findings refute the notion of a “storm and stress” stereotype found in old clinical sampling biases and popular books on youth.