Childhood religious affiliation and alcohol use and abuse across the lifespan in alcohol-dependent men.

Koenig, Laura B.; Haber, John Randolph; Jacob, Theodore

doi:10.1037/a0024774

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“…G. Koenig et al, 2001; Miller et al, 1997). Religious affiliation, however, was mixed in its pattern of effects, this pattern replicating that found in four earlier studies (Haber et al, 2012; Haber & Jacob, 2007, 2009; L. B. Koenig et al, 2011).…”

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Religion/spirituality, risk, and the development of alcohol dependence in female twins.

Haber¹,

Grant²,

Sartor³

et al. 2013

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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The contention that Religion/Spirituality (R/S) influences the development of alcohol dependence (AD) is increasingly supported, but risk factors have not been adequately examined together with protective R/S factors so as to determine the nature and relative strength of these domains at different stages in the development of alcoholism. Secondary data analysis of a sample of 4,002 young adult female twins used conditional Cox proportional hazards survival models to examine three distinct stages in the development of alcoholism: years to initiation of drinking, years from first drink to at-risk drinking, and years from at-risk drinking to AD. Risk and protective factors from models of alcoholism etiology and studies of R/S dimensionality were modeled simultaneously as predictors of each discrete stage and compared. Findings demonstrated that both risk factors and R/S variables influenced initiation of alcohol use; only R/S variables influenced subsequent progression to at-risk drinking; and risk factors primarily influenced further progression to AD. Protective factors (R/S variables being an exemplar) appeared to be critical determinants of intermediate-stage progression, thus suggesting that R/S factors and other psychosocial interventions might be particularly effective in delaying progression toward AD at this stage. In contrast, after the onset of at-risk drinking, the influence of (genetically based) risk factors appeared to accelerate AD regardless of most other influences. Thus, the timing of psychosocial interventions appears critical to their potency and impact.

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confidence: 86%

Religion/spirituality, risk, and the development of alcohol dependence in female twins.

Haber¹,

Grant²,

Sartor³

et al. 2013

Psychology of Addictive Behaviors

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“…We found a higher prevalence of ever use of alcohol among Christians and the infrequent religious rituals attendees. The link between religiousness and alcohol use has been well established in the literature [51, 52]. Religion is said to have a protective effect on alcohol consumption and riskier pattern of use.…”

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Alcohol use among Nigerian university students: prevalence, correlates and frequency of use

2019

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Background: Globally, alcohol use is responsible for 320 deaths every hour, and the impact is more among those in the younger age group. Despite the adverse health and social challenges associated with alcohol use, alcohol remains the most used and abused psychoactive substance among young adults. Our study aimed at determining the prevalence, correlates and frequency of alcohol use among young adults in two Nigerian universities. We further explored the role of family structure, family support and religion/religiosity on alcohol use in this study setting. Such findings could help to inform public health policy formulation in the country. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in two selected universities in the North Central region of Nigeria. The study was conducted among a final sample of 784 students selected using stratified random sampling. An interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on ever and current alcohol use and frequency of alcohol use between February and April 2018. The data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The level of ever and current use of alcohol was 43.5 and 31.1%, respectively. The mean frequency of alcohol use among the study participants was three days, but ten days among current alcohol users. In the adjusted model, male sex, age above 19 years, infrequent attendance of religious rituals, and belonging to rich/middle-class family were significantly associated with a higher likelihood of ever use and current use of alcohol, while living in the same household as one's father was associated with lower odds of current and ever use of alcohol. Conclusion: There is a high rate of lifetime and current use of alcohol among university students in the study setting. Alcohol use was significantly associated with living with parents, religion and religiosity. Both high and low socioeconomic status were associated with alcohol use. There is a need to implement measures in controlling alcohol manufacturing and marketing as well as policies regulating alcohol outlets establishment around educational institutions as well as the working hours in such outlets. Finally, there is a need to organise interventions aimed at reducing this unhealthy social norm among students in this setting.

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“…Some of the covariates in the multivariate analyses were associated with the drinking outcomes examined herein as predicted by previous findings in the literature. Protestant religion, education, and older age were all protective of drinking and or binge drinking (Hingson et al., ; Koenig et al., ; Michalak et al., ; Wechsler et al., ).…”

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confidence: 99%

Employment Status, Depression, Drinking, and Alcohol Use Disorder in Puerto Rico

Caetano

Vaeth

Mills

et al. 2016

Alcoholism Clin & Exp Res

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Background To examine the association between employment status, depression, drinking, binge drinking, and DSM-5 alcohol use disorder in Puerto Rico. Methods Data are from a 2013-2014 household random sample of individuals 18-64 years of age in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Results Bivariate analyses showed that depression was 5 times higher among unemployed males than among those employed fulltime (21% versus 4%), and 2 times higher among unemployed females compared to those employed part-time or fulltime (18% versus 7% and 9%). Employment status was not associated with weekly volume of drinking, but non-participation in the workforce was protective against drinking (OR=2.17; 95CL: 1.03-4.57; p<.05) and binge drinking (OR=.62; 95CL=.39-.97; p<.05). This association could be due to the fact that those not in the work force may not be working due to sickness or disability. Male gender was a factor of risk for being a current drinker (OR=2; 95CL=1.53-2.6; p<.001) and binge drinking (OR=1.69; 95CL=1.29-2.2; p<.001). Male gender was protective against depression (OR=.32; 95CL=.14-.73; p<.05), but males employed only part-time were almost 5 times more likely than females employed fulltime to be depressed (OR=4.66; 95CL=1.25-17.38; p<.05). Conclusions Employment status in Puerto Rico is associated with depression and with current drinking, but not with other alcohol-related outcomes. Perhaps Puerto Rico is a “wet” environment, where drinking is already at a relatively high level that is not affected by employment status. Perhaps the chronic high rate of unemployment in the island have also created familial (e.g. support) and personal level accommodations (e.g., participation in the informal economy) that do not include increased drinking

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Childhood religious affiliation and alcohol use and abuse across the lifespan in alcohol-dependent men.

Cited by 12 publications

References 31 publications

Religion/spirituality, risk, and the development of alcohol dependence in female twins.

Religion/spirituality, risk, and the development of alcohol dependence in female twins.

Alcohol use among Nigerian university students: prevalence, correlates and frequency of use

Employment Status, Depression, Drinking, and Alcohol Use Disorder in Puerto Rico

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