The Effect of Mainstream Religious Social Controls on Adolescent Drug Use in Rural Areas

McIntosh, Wm. Alex; Fitch, Starla D.; Wilson, J. Branton; Nyberg, Kenneth

doi:10.2307/3511587

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“…Finally, some researchers have observed that religion has a greater impact on the less serious forms of deviance (Burkett and White 1974;Mclntosh et al 1981;Hadaway, Elifson and Petersen 1984;Cochran 1988Cochran , 1989. Burkett and White (1974) interpret this finding to reflect that traditionally religion has been more strongly opposed to the less serious illegal acts than secular institutions such as the school, government, and mass media.…”

Section: Sociological Focusmentioning

confidence: 87%

Religious Affiliation, Religiosity, and Impulsive and Intentional Deviance

Free

1992

Sociological Focus

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Section: Sociological Focusmentioning

confidence: 87%

Religious Affiliation, Religiosity, and Impulsive and Intentional Deviance

Free

1992

Sociological Focus

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“…Because many substance use patterns are established in adolescence (Merline et al 2004) and religion is seen as an effective means of social control (McIntosh et al 1981;Koenig et al 2001), it is no wonder why researchers have been focused on determining how religiousness may act as a protective agent at this critical period of development. Nonetheless, substantial proportions of adults engage in substance use and other health-risk behaviors (Merline et al 2004), yet age-related changes in the magnitude of the potential protective effects of religiousness have received less attention.…”

Section: Religiousness Health Risks and Agementioning

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Associations of Religiousness with 12-Month Prevalence of Drug Use and Drug-Related Sex

Toussaint

2008

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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The purpose of the present study was to examine the hypothesis that religious affiliation, attendance at religious services, and religious importance would be negatively associated with substance use and sexual behavior related to substance use. An additional hypothesis was tested to determine if age-related differences in the magnitude of these associations was present. Data from the National Survey of Family Growth were utilized to examine these hypotheses in 12,571 women and men. Results showed expected associations between religiousness and substance use and sexual behavior. No age differences in the magnitude of these associations were identified. Religiousness may offer protection from health risks, and faith-based public health efforts would do well to continue to develop education for both young and middle age individuals that incorporate key aspects of their faith and religious beliefs. Keywords Substance abuse . Sexual behavior . ReligiousnessThe present study has two broad objectives. First, this study seeks to investigate the association between religiousness and substance use and sexual behavior related to drug use (i.e., having sex while high on drugs). Second, this study will examine the extent to which age moderates the associations between religiousness and these health risks. Data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) is used to examine these associations in a nationally representative sample of men and women ages 15-44 years. The following review of the literature outlines key issues in the conceptualization and definition of religiousness and discusses, in greater depth, the aspects of religiousness that are assessed in the NSFG. The second section considers literature that bears on the associations of interest and provides supporting background for the hypotheses.

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“…Parental Drug Use: Parents' use of drugs has been shown to be related to drug use among young people (Kandel, et al, 1976;Mcintosh, et al, 1981; National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse, 1972;Talone and Dermott, 1975 with parents who use drugs will have a higher propensity to be drug abusers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Religiosity: Religious orientations have been shown to affect certain types of drug use (Adler and Lotecka, 1973;Burkett and White, 1974;Fischler, 1975-76;Kirk, 1979;Marden and Kolodner, 1977;Mcintosh,.!:!. al., 1981).…”

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Factors Associated with Illegal Drug Use in Rural Georgia

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Bachtel²,

Carter

1983

J Drug Educ

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Data assessing the extent of illegal drug use were collected in the spring of 1981 from 2,060 junior and senior high school students living in a rural county in southern Georgia. The sample consists of 83.2 percent of all students in the 8 through 12 grades in the county. Only students absent from the public schools at the time the questionnaires were administered were excluded from the analyses. A private school in the county with less than 5 percent of all students refused to participate in the study. The study findings are basically consistent with research expectations. It was revealed that the respondents participated extensively in illegal drug use. Approximately 76.7 percent of the respondents indicated they had consumed alcohol at least once, 41.0 percent had tried marijuana at least once, 64.5 percent had tried cigarettes at least once, 16.0 percent had tried amphetamines at least once, and 12.2 percent had tried barbiturates at least once. The frequency of each illegal drug was regressed against selected independent variables and the findings revealed that 10 variables explained 41.4 percent of the variance in alcohol use, 11 variables explained 57.3 percent of the variance in marijuana use, 8 variables explained 28.7 percent of the variance in cigarette use, 7 variables explained 30.4 percent of the variance in amphetamine use, and 8 variables explained 35.7 percent of the variance in barbiturate use.

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The Effect of Mainstream Religious Social Controls on Adolescent Drug Use in Rural Areas

Cited by 41 publications

References 33 publications

Religious Affiliation, Religiosity, and Impulsive and Intentional Deviance

Religious Affiliation, Religiosity, and Impulsive and Intentional Deviance

Associations of Religiousness with 12-Month Prevalence of Drug Use and Drug-Related Sex

Factors Associated with Illegal Drug Use in Rural Georgia

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