| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 社會工作研究所 === 103 === For Adolescents, having good mental health might contribute to their effective development in various life aspects, and furthermore, might foster mature social adaptation facilitating their transition into adulthood. Prosocial tendency development rather than reducing negative behavior in youth’s daily life is thought to be a more effective way to promote their social well-being and mental health. Research has shown that good religious experience has positive impacts on young people’s well-being. Social capital theory further indicates that interpersonal (peers and adults) networks in faith-based organizations may lead adolescents to develop faith-related positive social behaviors and thinking. Research of the effect of faith-based organization on adolescents’ well-being was limited in Taiwan. Using the Taiwan Christian Church as the study context, this study investigated the mediating roles of church social capitals (peers and adults) in the relationships between faith maturity and altruistic or anonymous prosocial tendencies.
The convenience sampling method was used. Data were collected using self-reported questionnaires administered in group-settings. A total of 319 Taiwanese church-attending adolescents aged from 12 to 21 years participated in this study, and in the statistical only 273 with complete questionnaire information were included. Result indicated that church adult social capital mediated the relationship between faith maturity and altruistic prosocial tendency. No mediating effect of church social capital was found for anonymous prosocial tendency, however. Findings suggested that professionals could consider including faith-related topics into group activities or programs, and could encourage adults to cultivate more guidance relationship with adolescents. More researches is needed to further elucidate the relationship between faith maturity and social capitals.
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