Substance use: Spirituality and religious participation as protective factors among rural youths

Hodge, David R.; Cárdenas, Paúl; Montoya, Harry

doi:10.1093/swr/25.3.153

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“…Research has established a relationship between religiosity, as defined by the formal, institutional, and outward expression of the sacred [4], and adolescent mental health and health risk behaviors [5][6][7][8][9]. Overall, the findings support small to moderate yet significant relationships between religiosity and health outcomes (e.g., substance abuse, depression) even after controlling for demographic correlates.…”

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The impact of adolescent spirituality on depressive symptoms and health risk behaviors

Cotton

Larkin

Hoopes

et al. 2005

Journal of Adolescent Health

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The impact of adolescent spirituality on depressive symptoms and health risk behaviors

Cotton

Larkin

Hoopes

et al. 2005

Journal of Adolescent Health

157

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“…Others have defined it in terms of spirituality (Hodge, Cardenas, & Montoya, 2001). Under an attitudinal conceptualization of religiosity, a person is more religious if he or she is more committed to the religion, in terms of either the religion's teachings or its personal importance to him or her.…”

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God forbid! Substance use among religious and nonreligious youth.

Marsiglia

Kulis

Nieri

et al. 2005

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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Among a predominately Mexican and Mexican American sample of preadolescents, religiosity protected against lifetime alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use and recent alcohol and cigarette use when religious affiliation was controlled. When religiosity was controlled, however, adolescents with no religious affiliation and adolescents who were religiously affiliated reported similar substance use outcomes. Interaction effects demonstrated that the protective effect of greater religiosity operated more strongly in some religions than in others for selected outcomes. Overall, the impact of religiosity on reported drug use did not differ significantly for more and less acculturated Latino youth. Keywords adolescents; drug use; religiosity; Mexican American; acculturation Adolescence is a life period marked by significant personal and social changes that are associated with unacceptably high substance use rates (Johnston, O'Malley, & Bachman, 1998a, 1998b. Initiation into substance use at this age is of special concern given that early drug use places an individual at greater risk for later use (M. A. Miller, Alberts, Hecht, Trost, & Krizek, 2000). Yet adolescence is also a period of attachment transitions and religious changes (Granquist, 2002). Compared with adults, adolescents are more likely to be searching for purpose and identity (L. Miller, Davies, & Greenwald, 2000). In this search, religion may be a source for information or answers, providing guidelines for behavior and opportunities for prosocial interaction.Religion has been identified as having a protective effect against substance use, including for youth (Wallace & Bachman, 1991). Yet further research is needed to understand how religion affects adolescents as they experience multiple developmental and social changes. Although religiosity and religious affiliation have each been associated with youth substance use outcomes, still relatively little is known about the relationship between these two NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript phenomena and about how this relationship may influence adolescent substance use. Furthermore, little is known about how the influences of religion and acculturation combine in the life of Latino adolescents in the Southwest, many of whom come from immigrant families. This article focuses on the protective effects of religion, exploring the influence of religiosity within certain religious affiliations and across levels of acculturation, using a predominately Mexican and Mexican American sample of adolescents. The two hypotheses of the study are that religiosity and religious affiliation will have a protective effect on the drug use behaviors and norms of preadolescents in the Southwest and that acculturation will mediate the effect of religion. Literature Review ReligiosityReligiosity is a multidimensional construct referring to a person's behavioral and attitudinal religious fervor, regardless of the content of his or her beliefs (Amey, Albrecht, & Miller, 1996). The literature ...

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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

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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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Substance use: Spirituality and religious participation as protective factors among rural youths

Cited by 136 publications

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The impact of adolescent spirituality on depressive symptoms and health risk behaviors

The impact of adolescent spirituality on depressive symptoms and health risk behaviors

God forbid! Substance use among religious and nonreligious youth.

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

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