Religious Coping and Substance Use: The Moderating Role of Sex

Parenteau, Stacy C.

doi:10.1007/s10943-015-0166-7

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“…1,5 Religion has proven to be a protective factor against the use of tobacco and drugs by helping teenagers belonging to religious communities to internalize messages that discourage their use as shown by empirical research. 7,8,9,10,11 However, theoretical gaps and contradictory findings about whether belonging to a religious community has a deterrent effect on substance use has also been highlighted. 5 Although not mainstream, significant research exists that has reported a weak or null influence of religion on drug use.…”

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Religion as a protective factor against adolescent smoking habits: evidence from Spain

2021

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Background: There are a wide number of assessments suggesting that being a member of a religious community inhibits adolescents’ risky behaviours and, consequently, can act as a protective factor against the consumption of smoking substances. Methods: We have analysed a structured questionnaire answered by 1935 adolescents from Tarragona (Spain). Results: We have found that variables linked to family were the principal explanatory factors of adolescents’ smoking habits. Living with two parents was a protective factor against tobacco and cannabis use since its Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR) was clearly below 1 (p<0.01). So, whereas living with one parent showed an IRR>1 (p<0.05), adolescents that live without parents presented an IRR close 2 (p<0.05 for tobacco and p<0.01 for cannabis). However, having a religious confession also influence smoking substance use in adolescents (IRR close 0.85 with p<0.01). Conclusion: We found a clear preventive effect in belonging to a religious community. Moreover, this protective effect was less intense, but not statistically significant, for Catholics than for members of other confessions.

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Religion as a protective factor against adolescent smoking habits: evidence from Spain

2021

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“…However, key questions remain about positive and negative religious coping. In particular, although studies that have assessed both positive and negative religious coping generally show that associations of negative religious coping are stronger and more consistent than are those of positive religious coping (e.g., Pargament et al, 2000; Pargament, Koenig, Tarakeshwar, & Hahn, 2001; see Ano & Vasconcelles, 2005), studies often examine the associations of positive and negative religious coping with well-being separately (e.g., Amadi et al, 2016; Parenteau, 2016; Tarakeshwar et al, 2006) rather than conjointly. Thus, it is not well established whether positive religious coping may be independently associated with well-being when also taking negative religious coping into account.…”

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Positive and negative religious coping styles as prospective predictors of well-being in African Americans.

Park

Holt

et al. 2018

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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Research on religious coping has proliferated in recent years, but many key questions remain, including the independent effects of positive and negative religious coping styles on well-being over time. Further, little research on religious coping styles has been conducted with African Americans in spite of their documented importance in this population. The present study examined the independent prospective effects on well-being of positive and negative religious coping styles over the subsequent 2.5 years in a national sample of African American community-dwelling adults. Well-being indicators included depressive symptoms and positive and negative affect as well as self-esteem and meaning in life. Results indicated that when considering positive and negative religious coping styles together, baseline positive religious coping consistently and positively predicted the well-being indicators 2.5 years later, while negative religious coping consistently and negatively predicted the well-being indicators 2.5 years later. These effects remained when examining change in well-being levels over time, although they attenuated in magnitude. Finally, negative religious coping more strongly predicted the negative aspects of well-being (e.g., depressive symptoms, negative affect) 2.5 years later than did positive religious coping, an effect that also remained but was attenuated when controlling for baseline levels of well-being. These results highlight the nuanced relationships between both positive and negative religious coping styles and positive and negative aspects of well-being over time among African Americans. Future research might usefully examine how to minimize negative effects and capitalize on the salutary effects of positive religious coping.

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“…A potential confound for this relationship is relation: Individuals with higher levels of religiosity are more likely to live in deprived neighborhoods (Hoverd et al, 2013) and more likely to abstain from substance use (Chitwood et al, 2008;Strawbridge et al, 2001). Further, this association between religiosity and abstinence tends to be stronger for women than for men (Parenteau, 2017;Strawbridge et al, 2001). Additional multilevel studies are needed to explicate the relationships among neighborhood-level SES and individual level sex, religiosity, and substance use.…”

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Patterns of cancer-related health behaviors among middle-aged and older adults: Individual- and area-level socioeconomic disparities

Moss

Xiao

Matthews

2018

Preventive Medicine

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Multiple health behaviors could have greater impact on chronic diseases than single behaviors, but correlates of behavioral clusters are relatively understudied. Using data from NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study (initiated in 1995) for 324,522 participants from the U.S. (age 50-71), we conducted exploratory factor analysis to identify clusters of adherence to eight cancer prevention behaviors. Poisson regressions examined associations between cluster scores and neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation, measured with census block group (1) poverty and (2) low education. Four clusters emerged: Movement (adequate physical activity/less TV); Abstinence (never smoked/less alcohol); Weight control (healthy body mass index/high fruits and vegetables); and Other (adequate sleep/receiving cancer screenings). Scores on all clusters were lower for participants in neighborhoods with the highest poverty (most deprived quintile versus least deprived: relative risk [RR] = 0.95 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.94-0.96) for Movement, 0.98 (95% CI = 0.97-0.99) for Abstinence, 0.94 (95% CI = 0.92-0.95) for Weight control, and 0.94 (95% CI = 0.93-0.95) for Other; all p < 0.001). Scores on three clusters were lower for participants in neighborhoods with the lowest education (RR = 0.88 (95% CI = 0.87-0.89) for Movement, 0.89 (95% CI = 0.88-0.90) for Weight control, and 0.90 (95% CI = 0.89-0.91) for Other; all p < .001). Health behaviors among older adults demonstrated four clusters. Neighborhood deprivation was associated with lower scores on clusters, suggesting that interventions to reduce concentrated deprivation may be an efficient approach for improving multiple behaviors simultaneously.

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Religious Coping and Substance Use: The Moderating Role of Sex

Cited by 25 publications

References 25 publications

Religion as a protective factor against adolescent smoking habits: evidence from Spain

Religion as a protective factor against adolescent smoking habits: evidence from Spain

Positive and negative religious coping styles as prospective predictors of well-being in African Americans.

Patterns of cancer-related health behaviors among middle-aged and older adults: Individual- and area-level socioeconomic disparities

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