Model 3 depicts the results for the second intervening variable, self-control. Self-control is significantly related to lying to parents. Compared to adolescents with low self-control, adolescents with high self-control are less likely to lie to their parents. Similar to the results for parental attachment, including self-control in the model dose not reduce the effect of church attendance on lying to parents. Since church attendance has no effect on self-control (first condition) and the effect of church attendance on lying to parents increases when self-control is added to the model, self-control dose not mediate the effect of church attendance on lying to parents. In contrast to church attendance, when self-control is included in the model, the effect of importance of religion on lying to parents is reduced by 41 percent, which is a significant indirect effect.