| Summary: | The value of the child could be different for people who define themselves with different religious commitments and/or identifications, and so parents’ values, ideas, and opinions on what is considered a good parenting strategy, child abuse, and/or child neglect vary, and religion is a significant part of it. Various studies have examined the relationship between religiosity and the value of the child within that religion. However, little attention has been paid to investigate the divergent predictive power of different types of religiosities on the value of the child. In this study, we investigated the question of how different types of religiosities (i.e., intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest religiosity)predict the Value of the Child for native Icelandic-speaking parents. To answer our research question, we collected data from a rather decent sample of native Icelandic-speaking parents (although sample sizes differ for every scale). The age ranged from 16-95, and only people with a child or children. Participants were asked to fill out a series of questionnaires, including the Value of the Child Scale, the Intrinsic– Extrinsic Religiosity Scale, the Quest Religiosity Scale, and a series of demographic questions. We tested the divergent predictive power of different types of religiosities on the value of the child using a hierarchical regression analysis. The Value of the Child Scale contains three different dimensions, i.e., caring, prestige, and burden – which are related to how parents perceive their children. The subcategory burden showed a statistically significant association with the Quest Religiosity. In other words, participants with higher scores on the Quest Religiosity scale also perceived their child as a burden. Additionally, both the Quest Religiosity Scale and the Social Dominance Orientations Scale showed high reliability scores, enabling us to effectively evaluate our participants' religious perspectives and their attitudes toward social hierarchies. Socioeconomic Status was also negatively linked ...
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