This graduate work is focused on the review of researches that dealt with the examination of religiosity as a protective factor in different areas of life with an emphasis on the social development of adolescents. The theoretical part of the paper is oriented to the explanation of basic concepts and theories relevant to the understanding of the topic in the context of the social development of adolescents. The paper analyzes and argues the connection of religious upbringing as a component of institutional upbringing and education, looking at them in the context of the theory of ecological development, which includes protective and risky factors of adolescent social development. The graduate work is oriented towards the connection of religiosity with the social development of adolescents, and the goal is to show the connection between different dimensions of personality (and behavior) and religiosity as a protective factor of socio-emotional development of adolescents. Intrinsically motivated, with this work I wanted to deal with a topic that is personally important to me, but at the same time neglected, which is recognized within the framework of social sciences and humanities as a protective factor at the level of universal prevention, in developing resilience and ultimately positive developmental outcomes (adolescence).