Religion, Family, and Adolescent Drug Use
Abstract
Using a national sample of over 17,000 high school seniors, we examined the effect of education of parents, employment status of mother, number of parents in household, religiosity, religious affiliation, gender, and race on alcohol and marijuana use. Contrary to some previous research, neither parental education nor employment status of mother was related to use of alcohol or marijuana. Adolescents who lived with both parents were less likely than adolescents in single-parent homes to use marijuana, although the differences were relatively small. Number of parents in household was not related to adolescent alcohol use. Level of religiosity had a significant association with alcohol and marijuana use among all religious denominations, although the magnitude of the relationship varied by denomination. Religious denomination, gender, and race were also related to drug use.
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These personality traits have physical health consequences that are only beginning to be recognized.
“These personality traits have physical health consequences that we are only beginning to recognize [203–205].”
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Previous studies have reported conflicting findings on the relationship between family structure and drug use among young people.
“Previous studies have reported conflicting findings on the relationship between family structure and drug use among young people [31–34].”
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- Authors
- Amoateng, A. Y., & Bahr, S. J.
- Affiliations
- Brigham Young University (US)
- Venue
- Sociological Perspectives
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1986-01
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 53-76
- ISSN
- 0731-1214 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-8673
- OpenAlex
- W2318548343
- Cited by
- 160
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 41 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 5 · 2012: 7
- FWCI
- 0.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Sociological Perspectives (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Demography › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Keywords
- adolescent drug use, alcohol consumption, cannabis use, religiosity, religious affiliation, religious denominations, parental education, maternal employment, single-parent families, family structure, gender differences, racial differences, high school seniors
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