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Religious Identity and Decision Making Among IsiXhosa-Speaking Youth

This article presents the results from a study investigating the relationship between religious identity and decision making among IsiXhosa-speaking high school learners from schools in Cape Town, South Africa. Participants were fourty (40) 12th Grade learners (females = 50%; males 50%, age range 17 to 24 years). They completed the Identity Status Interviews (Grotevant, 1987). Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data for this exploratory study. The results suggested females to commit themselves to the religious views with which they were brought up whereas to a greater extent than males. Male learners were more tentative in their religious identity. Religious identity might influence life choices among IsiXhosa-speaking culture youths.