God forbid! Substance use among religious and non-religious youth.
Among a predominantly Mexican and Mexican American sample of preadolescents, religiosity protected against lifetime alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use and recent alcohol and cigarette use when religious affiliation was controlled. When religiosity was controlled, however, adolescents with no religious affiliation and adolescents who were religiously affiliated reported similar substance use outcomes. Interaction effects demonstrated that the protective effect of greater religiosity operated more strongly in some religions than in others for selected outcomes. Overall, the impact of religiosity on reported drug use did not differ significantly for more and less acculturated Latino youth.
Marsiglia
Flavio Francisco
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Department of Social Work, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA. marsiglia@asu.edu
Kulis
Stephen
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Nieri
Tanya
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Parsai
Monica
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D000069:Acculturation; D000293:Adolescent; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D015206:Southwestern United States; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology