Alcohol Use and Religiousness/Spirituality Among Adolescents

Knight, John R.; Sherritt, Lon; Harris, Sion Kim; Holder, David W.; Kulig, John W.; Shrier, Lydia A.; Gabrielli, Joy; Chang, Grace

doi:10.1097/smj.0b013e3180316a32

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“…Measuring multiple dimensions of religion with instruments that allow for independent analysis may therefore be the best way to proceed. One instrument that promises utility in this enterprise is the ''Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality,'' a 40-item, 13-subscale instrument used in the 1998 General Social Survey [60] and since used with adolescent samples [47,61]. Other frequently used instruments measuring more than one dimension of religiousness/spirituality include the classic Religious Orientation Scale [62] and the Spiritual Well-Being Scale [48].…”

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Religion/Spirituality and Adolescent Psychiatric Symptoms: A Review

Dew

Daniel

Armstrong³

et al. 2008

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

143

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The aim of the current article is to review the literature on religion and spirituality as it pertains to adolescent psychiatric symptoms. One hundred and fifteen articles were reviewed that examined relationships between religion/spirituality and adolescent substance use, delinquency, depression, suicidality, and anxiety. Ninety-two percent of articles reviewed found at least one significant (p < .05) relationship between religiousness and better mental health. Evidence for relationships between greater religiousness and less psychopathology was strongest in the area of teenage substance use. Methods of measuring religion/spirituality were highly heterogeneous. Further research on the relationship of religion/spirituality to delinquency, depression, suicidality, and anxiety is warranted. Measurement recommendations, research priorities, and clinical implications are discussed.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Religion/Spirituality and Adolescent Psychiatric Symptoms: A Review

Dew

Daniel

Armstrong³

et al. 2008

Child Psychiatry Hum Dev

143

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“…Thus, the youth's religiosity may provide protection by enhancing the feelings of coherence, reducing identity crises, and helping with the avoidance of substance use. Considerable work has found negative associations between measures of religiosity and drug and alcohol use in adolescence (Booth & Martin, 1998;Bridges & Moore, 2002;Brownfield & Sorenson, 1991;Donahue & Benson, 1995;Knight et al, 2007). Researchers have found significant negative correlations between religiosity and substance use, such as cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, binge drinking, and marijuana use.…”

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Religiosity as a Protective Factor Against Substance Use Among Hungarian High School Students

Kovács

Pikó

Fitzpatrick

2011

Substance Use & Misuse

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Gender differences in the relationship between religiosity and substance use (lifetime prevalence and current use) were examined among high school students in Szeged, Hungary (N = 881). Experimenting with and consuming tobacco and alcoholic beverages were characteristic in the sample to a great extent, whereas marijuana use was not as frequent. Logistic regression analyses were employed to test how variables of religiosity, that is, denominational affiliation, religiosity, and religious attendance, were related to substance use of youth by gender. Our findings confirmed the importance of the protective role of religious involvement, particularly among females.

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“…Adolescent spirituality was found to be associated with health risk behaviours (Benda et al 2006;Cotton et al 2005;Hodge et al 2001;Knight et al 2007;Miller and Gur 2002b;Nonnemaker et al 2003;Ritt-Olson et al 2004), self-care agency (Callaghan 2005), depression (Cotton et al 2005;Desrosiers and Miller 2007;Dew et al 2008;Miller and Gur 2002a;Pearce et al 2003;Wright et al 1993), anxiety (Davis et al 2003), and psychosocial adjustment (Good and Willoughby 2006). Three integrative reviews have focussed on adolescent spirituality in relationship to health attitudes and behaviours and mental health (Cotton et al 2006;Rew and Wong 2006;Wong et al 2006).…”

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An Investigation of the Relationships Between Spirituality, Health Status and Quality of Life in Adolescents

Sawatzky

Gadermann

Pesut

2009

Applied Research Quality Life

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This study examines the relationships between six spirituality-related attributes and quality of life (QOL) in adolescents, and the extent to which these relationships are mediated by perceived physical and mental health status and five important life domains (family, friends, living environment, school experiences, and perception of self). The data were obtained via a cross-sectional health survey of 8,225 adolescents in British Columbia, Canada. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesized relationships. All spiritual attributes are significantly associated with three or more of the life domains, and four of the attributes significantly explain global QOL after controlling for the other variables in the multivariate model. The attributes indicative of adolescents' feelings about their future and other existential matters were found to be relatively most explanatory with respect to global QOL. The predominant mediators include adolescents' satisfaction with their family, their perceived self, and their perceived mental health status. Spirituality is important with respect to adolescents' QOL. The multivariate model provides preliminary insights into the relevance of several attributes of spirituality and the possible mechanisms by which these attributes may contribute to adolescents' QOL.

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Alcohol Use and Religiousness/Spirituality Among Adolescents

Cited by 48 publications

References 37 publications

Religion/Spirituality and Adolescent Psychiatric Symptoms: A Review

Religion/Spirituality and Adolescent Psychiatric Symptoms: A Review

Religiosity as a Protective Factor Against Substance Use Among Hungarian High School Students

An Investigation of the Relationships Between Spirituality, Health Status and Quality of Life in Adolescents

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