Alcohol Use Among U.S. Muslim College Students: Risk and Protective Factors

Abu-Ras, Wahiba; Ahmed, Sirajuddin; Arfken, Cynthia L.

doi:10.1080/15332640.2010.500921

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“…This analysis extends our prior research on alcohol use among U.S. Muslim college students (Abu-Ras et al, 2010) to other risk behaviors and provides critically needed baseline data on risk behaviors among U.S. Muslim college students.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 64%

“…We expand upon our previous analysis examining alcohol use among U.S. Muslim college students (Abu-Ras et al, 2010) to explore illicit drug use, tobacco use, gambling, and non-marital intercourse. Based upon the literature among younger European Muslim students, we hypothesize: (a) that the prevalence of risk behaviors among U.S. Muslim college students will be low (b) that the prevalence of risk behaviors among female Muslim college students will be lower than males, (c) those who engage in risk behavior are more likely to engage in more than one risk behavior, and (d) students reporting religious activities as important will have lower prevalence of risk behaviors.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, alcohol use in the U.S. is prevalent with 63.3% of fulltime U.S. college students reporting past month use (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [SAMSHA], 2010), with males reporting greater prevalence than females (O'Malley & Johnston, 2002). Our previous work using secondary data analysis of a large representative college survey found 46.6% of Muslim college students drank alcohol in the past year (Abu-Ras, Ahmed, & Arfken, 2010). However, in a pilot respondent-driven sampling study of Muslim students at one university, 9% reported lifetime alcohol use (Arfken, Ahmed, & Abu-Ras, 2013).…”

Section: Islam Muslims and Risk Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Among the non-Muslim students, no gender difference in prevalence of alcohol consumption was observed. More in depth analysis of patterns of alcohol use among U.S. Muslim college students within this sample can be found in Abu-Ras, et al (2010).…”

Section: Risk Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Prevalence of Risk Behaviors among U.S. Muslim College Students

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Abu-Ras²,

Arfken³

2014

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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Limited data exists on alcohol, illicit drug, tobacco, gambling, and non-marital sexual intercourse among Muslim college students; behaviors which are either prohibited or strongly discouraged in Islam. To provide preliminary baseline data, we assessed prevalence of these risk behaviors using a U.S. 2001 national college survey. Of the 10,401 students surveyed, 135 (1.3%) reported they were raised in Muslim families. The past year prevalence of risk behaviors among the 135 students was 46.2% for alcohol, 24.6% for illicit drug use, 37.3% for tobacco use, and 30.4% for gambling. Of the never married students, 53.8% reported ever having had sexual intercourse. Gender differences were significant for tobacco use and gambling. Most Muslim students (58.5%) reported engaging in at least one risk behavior during the past year, of whom a majority (77.6%) engaged in two or more behaviors. In multivariate analyses, higher religiosity was protective against any past year risk behavior. These findings provide critical baseline data on risk behaviors among Muslim students. They also underscore the need for updated information and prevention programs. 6 Sameera Ahmed, Wahiba Abu-Ras, and Cynthia Arfken

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“…In the U.S., alcohol use in the past year was reported by 46.6% of American Muslim college students (Abu-Ras, Ahmed, & Arfken, 2010) but was lower among students with higher religiosity (Abu-Ras, Ahmed, & Arfken, 2010;Arfken, Ahmed, & Abu-Ras, 2013). Other protective factors included parental disapproval (Abu-Ras, et al, 2010), living in a community with more Muslims, and having few people who drink in their social network (Arfken et al, 2013).…”

Section: Prevalence and Risk Factors Of Substance Abuse Among Muslim mentioning

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2016

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

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Alcohol and drug abuse is a serious global public health and medical problem affecting every demographic group. It is also highly stigmatizing, especially among Muslim populations, which limits self-report and research. This brief review will broadly summarize global alcohol and drug abuse research on the magnitude of the problem. It will then examine recent research published in English on alcohol and drug use and abuse among Muslim populations. The studies included are those limited to research on prevalence, risk factors, treatment, and prevention. Finally, the paper will conclude with recommendations for future research on alcohol and drug use and abuse among Muslim populations.

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Conceptualising the relationship between shopper religiosity, perceived risk and the role of moral potency

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Neale

2016

J of Consumer Behaviour

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The primary aim of this paper is to conceptualise the influence of shopper religiosity on perceived risk and the moderating role of moral potency when purchasing religiously questionable products from retailers. An extensive review of extant literature was undertaken, drawing together the General Theory of Marketing Ethics and the concept of moral potency, in a retail context. A conceptual model is developed that provide the basis for future inquiry. The model elucidates the complex relationships between the dimensions of religiosity and social and psychological risk and then explains the moderating role of moral potency. The model offers a strong psychological explanation of how a shoppers' religion may increase their perceptions of risk in a purchase situation. The model also argues that risk perceptions may be heightened (or lessened) as a result of the shoppers' personal responsibility, confidence and courage. Retail managers may choose to implement this model in order to better predict shopper adoption behaviour of new religiously questionable products. The model allows for future empirical examinations across multiple shopping contexts and may be employed to estimate levels' demand for new products based on the extent of religiosity, moral potency and risk. The role of religion within retailing and shopping behaviour is emergent. Extant retailing literature has previously overlooked the role of religion as an antecedent to risk and the role of moral potency in moderating that relationship. This is the first paper to highlight these gaps and propose a testable model. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Alcohol Use Among U.S. Muslim College Students: Risk and Protective Factors

Cited by 47 publications

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Prevalence of Risk Behaviors among U.S. Muslim College Students

Prevalence of Risk Behaviors among U.S. Muslim College Students

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Conceptualising the relationship between shopper religiosity, perceived risk and the role of moral potency

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