However, the stability of adolescent religious identity parallels that of other social identities such as ethnic identity.[26] Researchers have reasoned that due to adolescents' relatively stable social environment, there is not a strong need to further explore and renegotiate their religious identity.[2] Moreover, religious identity is mainly driven by parents during adolescence.[27] Given that adolescents tend to still live with their parents during high school, there may not be a need to engage in deeper exploration of their religion, which may help explain the observed stable religious identity.