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Demographics, religious beliefs, and mental health status were collected through the professional version of Wenjuanxing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 11,069 valid questionnaires collected, 847 (7.7%) reported holding religious beliefs. Adolescents with religious beliefs showed significantly more severe symptoms of depression and anxiety compared to those without religious beliefs (both p&amp;lt;0.05). Logistic regression analysis revealed that religious belief was a risk factor for symptoms of depression (OR = 1.37, 95%CI: 1.16-1.61, p &amp;lt; 0.001) and anxiety (OR = 1.49, 95%CI: 1.23-1.79, p &amp;lt; 0.001) after controlling age, gender, and parental marital status.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our findings suggest that religiousness in adolescents was associated with a higher likelihood of depression\/more intense depressive symptoms. 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