title: Alcohol Use in College: The Relationship Between Religion, Spirituality, and Proscriptive Attitudes Toward Alcohol.
abstract: Developing interventions to address the problem of college drinking requires the identification of contributing factors to drinking behavior. It is believed that religion and spirituality (R/S) play a role, but the mechanism is unclear. Using a multi-dimensional R/S measure, an alcohol behavior inventory, and a religious affiliation proscription question, this study was designed to dive deeper into this connection. This study found that religious singing/chanting and reading sacred text were the best predictors of lower alcohol consumption. Furthermore, participants who perceive their religious tradition to be proscriptive reported less alcohol consumption and higher religious/spiritual profiles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA, 92110, USA.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kathol
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA, 92110, USA. emch@sandiego.edu.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1585-8109
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sgoutas-Emch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012067:Religion; D029181:Spirituality; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: College; Drinking; Proscriptive attitudes; Religion; Spirituality