This paper presents the survey results on religiosity obtained by 254 secondary school leavers in Zadar (Croatia). The results are compared with some previous empirical findings on the adolescents and adults in Croatia, with regard to the possible impact of certain methodological differences in the surveys. Concerning the frequency of mass attendance, their differentiation on the line regularity-occasionality is noticeable, where the regularity is slightly more represented. In comparison with pupils aged 14–19 from other parts of Croatia who participated in surveys five to twelve years earlier, participants in Zadar exhibit stronger religious self-identification, along with weaker orthodoxy and orthopraxy. This change indicates a possible transformation of traditional religiousness in the direction of modern or ‘diffuse’ religious form. On the other hand, their religiosity generally exceeds the religiosity of adult population, which is in accordance with the well-known age and regional differences. The findings of this research follow the expected general pattern in which the socio-cultural identity of 18-year-olds in Zadar is marked by a mixture of (late) modernity and tradition with a slight advantage in some components in favour of modernity. It could be assumed that the dominance of modernity is mostly expressed in how they use their free-time, their value system and non-acceptance of integral Church teaching. On the other hand, the influence of tradition remains dominant in the field of self-identification – the confessional, national and religious one.

Rad prikazuje anketne rezultate o religioznosti dobivene među 254 učenika završnih razreda srednjih škola u Zadru. Rezultati su uspoređeni s nekim prošlim iskustvenim nalazima kod mladih i starijih u Hrvatskoj, uzimajući u obzir mogući utjecaj pojedinih metodoloških razlika između istraživanja. S obzirom na čestinu pohađanja mise, vidljiva je podjela ispitanika na liniji redovitost-prigodnost, gdje je redovitost tek nešto više zastupljena. U usporedbi s učenicima dobi 14-19 godina iz drugih područja Hrvatske, anketiranima prije pet do dvanaest godina, maturanti u Zadru iskazuju snažniju religijsku samo-identifikaciju uz, istodobno, slabiju ortodoksiju i ortopraksiju. Ova promjena ukazuje na moguću preobrazbu tradicionalne religioznosti u pravcu moderne odnosno ‘difuzne’ religioznosti. S druge strane, njihova religioznost općenito nadilazi stupanj religioznosti u punoljetnoj populaciji, što je u skladu s poznatim dobnim i regionalnim razlikama. Nalazi ovog istraživanja prate očekivani opći obrazac po kojemu je socio-kulturni identitet 18-godišnjaka u Zadru obilježen mješavinom (kasnog) moderniteta i tradicije pri čemu blagu prednost u nekim sastavnicama vjerojatno preuzima modernost. Može se pretpostaviti kako je dominacija modernosti najizraženija u njihovom ispunjavanju slobodnog vremena, a potom u sustavu vrijednosti i neprihvaćanju cjelovitog nauka vjere. Nasuprot tome, utjecaj tradicije ostaje dominantan u području samo-identifikacije – one nacionalne, konfesionalne i religijske.