Buffering effect of religiosity for adolescent substance use.
Abstract
This research examined the hypothesis that religiosity buffers the impact of life stress on adolescent substance use. Data were from a sample of 1,182 participants surveyed on 4 occasions between 7th grade (mean age = 12.4 years) and 10th grade. Religiosity was indexed by Jessor's Value on Religion Scale (R. Jessor & S. L. Jessor, 1977). Zero-order correlations showed religiosity inversely related to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use. Significant Life Events x Religiosity buffer interactions were found in cross-sectional analyses for tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use. A latent growth analysis showed that religiosity reduced the impact of life stress on initial level of substance use and on rate of growth in substance use over time. Implications for further research on religiosity and substance use are discussed.
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Of the 112 best drug use or abuse studies, 96 (86%) reported inverse relationships and only one study found a positive relationship.
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- Authors
- Wills, T. A., Yaeger, A. M., & Sandy, J. M.
- Affiliations
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
- Yeshiva University (US)
- ORCID
- Wills, Thomas Ashby
- Venue
- Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
- Published
- 2003-03
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 24-31
- ISSN
- 0893-164X (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1501
- OpenAlex
- W2107018038
- Cited by
- 358
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 13.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5k02da000252-10, 5r01da005950-05)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (K02 DA00252, R01-DA05950)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Keywords
- religiosity, adolescent substance use, life events, buffering effect, alcohol consumption, tobacco use, cannabis use
- MeSH terms
- Smoking Prevention, Adolescent, Alcohol Drinking, Child, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Life Change Events, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Marijuana Smoking, Models, Psychological, New York City, Regression Analysis, Religion, Smoking, Stress, Psychological, Prevalence, Multivariate Analysis
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