| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立彰化師範大學 === 輔導與諮商學系 === 106 === The main purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the religious belief and hope for Christian Youth fellowship members. This research adapted questionnaires to collect data, and the participants in this study were 400 Christian Youth fellowship members which belong to various churches of the Presbyterianterian Church and Ling Liang Church in Changhua city in Taiwan. Moreover, the employed instruments included the “Religious Belief Scale” and “Youth’s Hope Scale”. The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, item analysis, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, independent-samples t test, one way ANOVA, Sheffe’ posteriority comparisoin, Pearson correlation analysis, and gradually multiple regression analysis. The main findings of this study were the following:
1.In the religious belief, the study indicated that Christian Youth fellowship members got higher score on religious attitude but lower score on religious practice.
2.In the hope, the study indicated that Christian Youth fellowship members got higher score on agency thinking but lower score on pathways thinking.
3.In whole religious belief, religious attitude and relief of religious emotion, the accepted baptisms’ Christian Youth fellowship members got higher score on General Points Average (GPA) compared with Catechumens’.
4.In religious practice, the Youth fellowship members, who were impacted mainly by the pastor, got higher score on GPA compared with those impacted mainly by peer. In religious attitude and religious practice, the Youth fellowship members, who were impacted mainly by adults in the church, got higher score on GPA compared with those impacted mainly by peer. In whole religious belief, religious attitude, religious cognition, religious practice and relief of religious emotion, the Youth fellowship members, who were impacted mainly by the evangelist, got higher score on GPA compared with those impacted mainly by peer.
5.In whole religious belief, religious attitude and religious practice, the Youth fellowship members, who were deeply impact by parents, got higher score on GPA compared with those mildly impact by parents.
6.In whole religious belief and relief of religious emotion, the Youth fellowship members, who accepted Eucharist, got higher score on GPA compared with those who did not accept Eucharist.
7.In positive emotion and agency thinking, 12-15 year old Christian Youth fellowship members got higher score on GPA compared with 19-24 year olds.
8.In whole hope, agency thinking and pathways thinking, the Youth fellowship members, who were impacted mainly by the pastor, got higher score on GPA compared with those impacted mainly by peer. In whole hope, the Youth fellowship members, who were impacted mainly by evangelist, got higher score on GPA compared with those impacted mainly by peer.
9.There is a significantly middle to low level positive correlation for Christian Youth fellowship members’ religious belief and hope.
10.Christian Youth fellowship members’ religious practice can be used to predict their hope.
Recommendation for the church organizations, parents of teenagers, and future study are discussed.
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