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ORIGINAL PAPER
Parents’ authoritative style and the religiosity of Generation Z: analysis of moderated mediation with gratitude and age group
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Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow
Submission date: 2025-04-10
Final revision date: 2025-10-01
Acceptance date: 2025-11-17
Publication date: 2025-12-29
JoMS 2025;64(4):199-216
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ABSTRACT
Objectives:
The aim of our own research was to examine the relationship between parenting styles in a generational family and the religiosity of Generation Z with the use of moderated mediation analysis with gratitude (mediator) and age group (moderator).
Material and methods:
The survey was conducted in 2024 among 568 representatives of Generation Z in Poland: 282 high school students and 301 university students. Purposive selection of the research group was applied. The following research tools were used in the project: Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6), Centrality of Religiosity Scale (C-15).
Results:
Research has shown that the more strongly respondents perceive their parents' parenting style as authoritative, the higher their own level of religiosity. Gratitude serves as a mediator for the relationship between the authoritative style of both parents and religiosity. The hypothesis assuming that the age group of the respondents acts as a moderator for the mediating effect of gratitude in the relationship between the parenting style and religiosity has not been confirmed.
Conclusions:
The research emphasizes the importance of parents' authoritative parenting style, which points to the need to promote and strengthen this style in the functioning of families. At the same time, the research draws attention to gratitude, which is a mediator for the relationship between the authoritative style of both parents and religiosity. This, in turn, emphasizes the need for the promotion of this trait among representatives of Generation Z.
The aim of our own research was to examine the relationship between parenting styles in a generational family and the religiosity of Generation Z with the use of moderated mediation analysis with gratitude (mediator) and age group (moderator).
Material and methods:
The survey was conducted in 2024 among 568 representatives of Generation Z in Poland: 282 high school students and 301 university students. Purposive selection of the research group was applied. The following research tools were used in the project: Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), Gratitude Questionnaire (GQ-6), Centrality of Religiosity Scale (C-15).
Results:
Research has shown that the more strongly respondents perceive their parents' parenting style as authoritative, the higher their own level of religiosity. Gratitude serves as a mediator for the relationship between the authoritative style of both parents and religiosity. The hypothesis assuming that the age group of the respondents acts as a moderator for the mediating effect of gratitude in the relationship between the parenting style and religiosity has not been confirmed.
Conclusions:
The research emphasizes the importance of parents' authoritative parenting style, which points to the need to promote and strengthen this style in the functioning of families. At the same time, the research draws attention to gratitude, which is a mediator for the relationship between the authoritative style of both parents and religiosity. This, in turn, emphasizes the need for the promotion of this trait among representatives of Generation Z.
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