title: Religious coping, spirituality, and substance use and abuse among youth in high-risk communities in San Salvador, El Salvador.
abstract: Little is known about the relationship between religious coping, spirituality, and substance use in developing nations such as El Salvador. Collected in 2011, the sample consists of 290 high-risk and gang-involved adolescents (11-17 years) and young adults (18-25 years) in San Salvador, El Salvador. Structural equation modeling and logistic regression are employed to examine the associations between the Measure of Religious Coping (RCOPE), the Intrinsic Spirituality Scale, and substance use and abuse. Results suggest that spirituality and, to a far lesser degree, religious coping may serve to protect for substance use and abuse among this high-risk population of Salvadoran youth.
authors: School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA. salaswright@austin.utexas.edu
authors: Christopher P
authors: CP
authors: Salas-Wright
authors: Rene
authors: R
authors: Olate
authors: Michael G
authors: MG
authors: Vaughn
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004544:El Salvador / Q000453:epidemiology; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D029181:Spirituality; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*
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