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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Higher Education
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1358429
This article is part of the Research Topic Inclusive Education in Intercultural Contexts View all 3 articles

How Religion Shapes the Behavior of Students: A Comparative Analysis Between Romanian Confessional and Non-Confessional Schools

Provisionally accepted
Claudiu Coman Claudiu Coman 1Alexandru Neagoe Alexandru Neagoe 2Florina Magdalena Onaga Florina Magdalena Onaga 2Maria Cristina Bularca Maria Cristina Bularca 1Dumitru Otovescu Dumitru Otovescu 3Maria Cristina Otovescu Maria Cristina Otovescu 3Nicoale Talpă Nicoale Talpă 4,5*Bogdan Popa Bogdan Popa 5
  • 1 Department of Social Sciences and Communication, Faculty of Sociology and Communication, Transilvania University of Brașov, Brașov, Romania
  • 2 Faculty of Psychology and Sociology, West University of Timișoara, Timișoara, Romania
  • 3 Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
  • 4 Transilvania University of Brașov, Brasov, Romania
  • 5 Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Transilvania University of Bra?ov, Bra?ov, Romania

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    While being a complex concept, religion can shape the way people in general, and students in particular, behave and make decisions in different types of contexts. In this regard, our paper aimed to assess the way religiosity influences the school climate and the social behavior of students from confessional and non-confessional Romanian high schools in order to raise awareness regarding the importance of religion in students' education. We used a quantitative method and we applied a questionnaire to 353 students from confessional and non-confessional high schools in Timișoara, Romania. The results of our study show positive correlations between religiosity and school climate, revealing that students from confessional schools have stronger feelings of belonging and better relationships with their teachers.

    Keywords: Confessional schools, Education, Religion, School Climate, Social Behavior

    Received: 01 May 2024; Accepted: 28 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Coman, Neagoe, Onaga, Bularca, Otovescu, Otovescu, Talpă and Popa. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Nicoale Talpă, Transilvania University of Brașov, Brasov, Romania

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