▁who ▁attend ▁college ▁However , ▁recent ▁research ▁suggests ▁otherwise . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁study , ▁while ▁ 1 4 ▁percent ▁of ▁college ▁students ▁reported ▁a ▁decrease ▁in ▁religious ▁belief s ▁throughout ▁college , ▁ 4 8 ▁percent ▁reported ▁stable ▁religious ▁belief s , ▁and ▁ 3 8 ▁percent ▁reported ▁an ▁increase . ▁ ▁Moreover , ▁another ▁study ▁found ▁that ▁contrary ▁to ▁the ▁expect ations ▁of ▁decre ased ▁religious ▁identity ▁and ▁religious ▁participation ▁during ▁emer ging ▁ad ul th ood , ▁religious ▁identity ▁did ▁not ▁decrease , ▁but ▁religious ▁participation ▁did ▁decl ine ▁as ▁predicted . ▁Research ers ▁explained ▁that ▁emer ging ▁adult s ▁are ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁decrease ▁their ▁invol vement ▁in ▁religious ▁activities ▁than ▁they ▁are ▁to ▁completely ▁dis aff ili ate ▁from ▁their ▁religion ▁or ▁express ▁less ▁importance ▁of ▁religion ▁in ▁their ▁lives . ▁ ▁Additionally , ▁in ▁a ▁study ▁that ▁exam ined ▁the ▁ways ▁in ▁which ▁religion ▁influenced ▁emer ging ▁adult s , ▁research ers ▁found ▁that ▁emer ging ▁adult s ' ▁standards ▁of ▁ad ul th ood ▁were ▁dependent ▁upon ▁the ▁religious ▁affili ation ▁of ▁the ▁institution ▁they ▁attended . ▁For ▁example , ▁compared ▁to ▁emer ging ▁adult s ▁who ▁attended ▁Catholic ▁or ▁public ▁univers ities , ▁emer ging ▁adult s ▁who ▁attended ▁M orm on ▁univers ities ▁r ated ▁inter dep end ence , ▁norm ▁comp liance , ▁bi ological ▁trans itions , ▁and ▁family ▁capac ities ▁as ▁extremely ▁important ▁criteria ▁for ▁ad ul th ood . ▁ ▁In ▁summary , ▁although ▁not ▁all ▁studies ▁on ▁this ▁topic