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Maternal and personal religious engagement as predictors of early onset and frequent substance use: Religious Engagement and Substance Use

Hayatbakhsh, Reza, Clavarino, Alexandra, Williams, Gail M., Najman, Jake M.·2014·The American Journal on Addictions
DOI 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2014.12113.x
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether maternal and offspring's religiosity independently predict age of onset and frequency of substance use in offspring, and whether gender differentiates these associations. METHODS: Data were from the Mater Hospital and University of Queensland Study of Pregnancy, a birth cohort study. Participants were a cohort of 3,537 persons who were born during 1981-83 and were followed-up to 21 years. Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used to estimate relative risk of substance use. RESULTS: Both maternal and offspring's religious practice were associated with later onset and less frequent substance use. After adjustment for potential confounding and maternal religious background, offspring who were not attending church were more likely to report early onset of tobacco smoking (OR = 5.1; 95% CI: 2.8-9.4), alcohol drinking (OR = 17.4; 95% CI: 8.9-33.9) and cannabis use (OR = 7.5; 95% CI: 3.4-16.0). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS: Findings of this study suggest family and personal religious practices are predictors of less substance use problems in adolescents and young adult males and females. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS: Religious engagement functions as a deterrent to adolescent tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use.

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  • There is overwhelming consensus that religiosity, particularly attendance and often spirituality, are negatively related to alcohol, tobacco, and illicit substance use across the U.S. and other countries.

    “There is overwhelming consensus that religiosity, particularly attendance and often spirituality, are negatively related to alcohol, tobacco, and illicit substance use across the U.S. and other countries (El Ansari et al., 2014; Hatta, 2010; Hayatbakhsh et al., 2014; Kovaks et al., 2011; Rasic et al., 2011; Wang et al., 2015).”

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Authors
Hayatbakhsh, R., Clavarino, A., Williams, G. M., & Najman, J. M.
Affiliations
  • School of Population Health; The University of Queensland; Brisbane Australia
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
ORCID
Venue
The American Journal on Addictions
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2014-03-15
Volume
23
Issue
4
Pages
363-370
ISSN
1055-0496 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1111/j.1521-0391.2014.12113.x
OpenAlex
W2169598457
Cited by
9
References
38
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2
FWCI
1.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 535 d)
Locations
  • American Journal on Addictions (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
Keywords
religiosity, religious involvement, substance use onset, substance use frequency, smoking, alcohol consumption, cannabis use, gender differences, adolescence, young adults, family influence, birth cohort
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Alcohol Drinking, Female, Humans, Male, Marijuana Smoking, Mothers, Queensland, Religion and Psychology, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, Smoking, Cohort Studies, Age of Onset, Substance-Related Disorders, Young Adult

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