Latter-day Saint Returned Missionaries in the United States: A Survey on Religious Activity and Postmission Adjustment

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Permanent URL	http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/2717
Title	Latter-day Saint Returned Missionaries in the United States: A Survey on Religious Activity and Postmission Adjustment
BYU Creator	Chadwick, Bruce A. McClendon, Richard J.
Keywords	returned missionaries; postmission adjustment
Description/Abstract	Each year, approximately twenty to thirty thousand Latter-day Saint young adults leave to serve missions throughout the world. Once these young adults return home from their missionary service, most go on to further their education, begin a career, marry, and establish a family. Returned missionaries are a unique group in the Church and are often a point of interest. Parents, for example, note the challenges their missionary has as he or she makes the transition from the mission field to home. They sometimes observe their returned missionary confronting increased stress levels as he or she shifts from the singular focus of the mission field to making multiple and major decisions about school, work, and dating. Ward and stake leaders also have an interest in returned missionaries, often giving them counsel and encouragement as well as assigning them a suitable calling during this transitional time. President Gordon B. Hinckley emphasized the importance of this duty to Church leaders by
Source	Richard J. McClendon and Bruce A. Chadwick. "Latter-day Saint Returned Missionaries in the United States: A Survey on Religious Activity and Post-Mission Adjustment" (BYU Studies 43, No. 2, 2004, 131-157).;
Publisher	Brigham Young University
Date Original	2004
Date Digital	2011-04-07
Language	English eng en
Publication Type	Articles
Type	Text
Format	application/pdf
Owning Institution	Brigham Young University
BYU College	College of Family, Home and Social Sciences
BYU Department	Sociology
Copyright Status	(c) 2004 Brigham Young University;
Copyright Use Information	http://www.lib.byu.edu/generic_copyright.html

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