title: Religiousness and college student alcohol use: examining the role of social support.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of social support in the relationship between religiousness and alcohol use in a sample of college students. Two dimensions of religiousness: religious commitment and religious coping were examined as predictors of alcohol use. Participants were male and female college students (N = 221); the majority of the sample was Christian (73.8%). Emotional social support was tested as a mediator. Both religiousness dimensions and emotional social support were related to less frequent alcohol use; however, mediation was not supported. These findings indicate that religious commitment and dispositional religious coping are protective against alcohol use, yet social support does not account for this relationship.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, Psychology Building 134B, East Lansing, MI 48824-1116, USA.
authors.forename: Feyza S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Menagi
authors.forename: Zaje A T
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Harrell
authors.forename: Lee N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: June
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012067:Religion; D012944:Social Support; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult