The role of religion in predicting adolescent alcohol use and problem drinking
The role of religion in predicting adolescent alcohol use and problem drinking
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DOI：
10.15288/jsa.2001.62.696
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发表时间：
2001-09-01
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通讯作者：
Phillips, CM
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作者：
Brown, TL;Parks, GS;Phillips, CM
目的：青少年的酒精消费倾向存在种族差异——白人青少年比黑人青少年倾向于消费更多的酒精——但没有明确的解释为什么存在这种差异。这项研究的目的是检验宗教信仰（一个目前尚未被很好理解的文化因素）与青少年酒精使用的种族差异之间的关系。方法：参与者是白人和黑人九年级青少年（N = 899； 54%女性，57.5%白人），参与了一项为期3年的纵向研究，旨在减少俄亥俄州和肯塔基州青少年的酒精使用和性冒险行为。结果：研究结果表明，宗教信仰与白人和黑人青少年的酒精使用和饮酒问题存在差异。参加宗教礼拜是黑人青少年饮酒的最重要预测因素，而宗教原教旨主义对白人青少年最重要。相比之下，祈祷频率是黑人青少年饮酒问题的重要预测因素，而宗教的重要性水平是白人青少年饮酒问题的重要预测因素。重要的性别差异也出现在两种预测模型中，并进行了讨论。结论：由于青少年在酒精使用和滥用方面存在很大的异质性（在种族和性别方面），“一刀切”的酒精治疗和预防方法可能是不合适的。此外，酒精使用和滥用的概念化及其预防和治疗应包括考虑宗教信仰等关键文化因素。
Objective: There are racial differences in adolescents' propensity to consume alcohol-with white adolescents tending to consume more alcohol than black adolescents-but there is no clear explanation for why such differences exist. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between religiosity a cultural factor that is not well understood currently, and racial differences in adolescent alcohol use. Method: Participants were white and black ninth-grade adolescents (N = 899; 54% female, 57.5% white) involved in a 3-year longitudinal study of ways to reduce alcohol use and sexual risk-taking behavior among adolescents in Ohio and Kentucky Results: Findings indicate that religiosity is differentially associated with alcohol use and problem drinking for white and black adolescents. Religious service attendance was the most significant predictor of alcohol use for black adolescents, whereas religious fundamentalism was most important for white adolescents. In contrast, frequency of prayer was the significant predictor of problem drinking for black adolescents, whereas the level of importance placed on religion was the significant predictor for white adolescents. Important gender differences also emerged in both prediction models and are discussed. Conclusions: Since there is great heterogeneity among adolescents (in terms of race and gender) in their alcohol use and misuse, the "one-size-fits-all" approach to alcohol treatment and prevention is likely inappropriate, Moreover, conceptualizations of alcohol use and misuse, and its prevention and treatment, should include the consideration of such key cultural factors as religiosity.