https://doi.org/10.1177/0095798420937856 Journal of Black Psychology 1–35 © The Author(s) 2020 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0095798420937856 journals.sagepub.com/home/jbp Empirical – Quantitative Nonorganizational Religious Involvement and Psychosocial Well- Being Among African American and Caribbean Black Youth Theda Rose 1 , Meredith O. Hope 2 , Dawn Thurman 3 , Patrice Forrester 1 , and Roderick Rose 1 Abstract Often cited as a developmental and cultural resource, religion has been widely studied. However, fewer studies have explored the relationship between nonorganizational religious involvement (NRI) and psychosocial well-being among Black youth or within ethnic groups of Black youth. This study examined this relationship among 1,170 African American and Caribbean Black youth who participated in the National Survey of American Life–Adolescent Supplement study. Moderated hierarchical regression results showed significant main effects of NRI on life satisfaction, self-esteem, coping, and depressive symptoms after accounting for study covariates (i.e., age, gender, family income, denomination, ethnicity, religious service attendance, and religious socialization). No significant interaction effects were observed between NRI and ethnicity on any of the psychosocial well-being outcomes. Results illuminate a promotive effect of NRI in this 1 University of Maryland–Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA 2 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA 3 Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, USA Corresponding Author: Theda Rose, School of Social Work, University of Maryland Baltimore, 525 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Email: trose@ssw.umaryland.edu 937856JBP XX X 10.1177/0095798420937856Journal of Black PsychologyRose et al. research-article 2020