Religious and moral self-identification of student youth in matters of family and marriage

Abstract

The article examines the problems of self-determination of student youth in the system of moral values, namely, in matters of family and marriage, depending on religious beliefs and the degree of faith. The hypothesis of the study is that commitment to faith in young people contributes to the development and strengthening of moral and ethical values of the younger generation. The results of the study indicate that students who consider themselves believers to one degree or another have more holistic and morally significant attitudes and views on creating a family and entering into marriage, in contrast to students without religious ideas and beliefs. The parental family is the source of moral and ethical development of a teenager and his attitude to faith. Family and religion shape the worldview of a young person on family and marriage. The more religiously inclined a young person is, the more he believes in the institution of family and marriage, and considers marriage important for himself. Religious students least of all consider celibacy as a form of existence and life. The more religiously inclined a young person is, the more he honors the institution of parental blessing. The relevance of the study lies in studying the dependence of moral and ethical values of student youth on religious beliefs.