摘要
本研究旨在探討基督教團契青少年之個人宗教信仰與希望感之現況及其關係。本研究採問卷調查法，以400位台灣基督長老教會彰化中會各教會及彰化靈糧堂教會之團契青少年為研究對象。本研究以「宗教信仰量表」與「青少年希望感量表」為研究工具。並採用描述性統計、信度分析、項目分析、探索性與驗證性因素分析、獨立樣本t檢定、單因子變異數分析、Sheffé多重比較、Pearson積差相關及逐步多元迴歸分析進行資料分析。主要研究結果如下: 一、團契青少年在宗教信仰五個構面中，以宗教態度得分最高，而宗教實踐則最低。 二、團契青少年在希望感四個構面中，以動力思考得分最高，而路徑思考則最低。 三、在整體宗教信仰、宗教態度與宗教情緒舒緩上，已受洗者高於慕道友。 四、在宗教實踐上，團契青少年主要影響人是牧師者高過主要影響人是同儕者；在宗教態度與宗教實踐上，團契青少年主要影響人是教會成人者高過主要影響人是同儕者；在整體宗教信仰、宗教態度、宗教認知、宗教實踐與宗教情緒舒緩上，團契青少年主要影響人是傳道師者高過主要影響人是同儕者。 五、在整體宗教信仰、宗教態度、與宗教實踐上，團契青少年受父母影響深遠者高於受父母中等影響者。 六、在整體宗教信仰及宗教情緒舒緩程度上，有領受聖餐者高於沒有領受聖餐者。 七、在正向情緒及動力思考上，12-15歲者高於19-24歲者。 八、在整體希望感、動力思考與路徑思考上，團契青少年主要影響人是牧師者高於主要影響人是同儕者；在整體希望感上，團契青少年主要影響人是牧師、傳道師者，高於主要影響人是同儕者。 九、團契青少年之宗教信仰與希望感有顯著中低度正相關。 十、團契青少年的宗教實踐可預測希望感。 最後，研究者根據上述研究結論分別針對教會組織與人員、青少年之父母與未來研究提出建議。
並列摘要
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.