Public and private domains of religiosity and adolescent health risk behaviors: evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Public and private domains of religiosity and adolescent health risk behaviors: evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
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DOI：
10.1016/s0277-9536(03)00096-0
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发表时间：
2003-12-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Blum, RW
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作者：
Nonnemaker, JM;McNeely, CA;Blum, RW
本研究的目的是利用国家青少年健康纵向研究的数据，检验宗教信仰的公共和私人领域与青少年健康相关结果的关联（添加健康），在7-12年级的美国青少年的全国代表性样本，公众宗教信仰变量结合了两个项目，测量参加宗教服务的频率和参加宗教青年的频率。团体活动。私人宗教信仰变量结合了两个测量祈祷频率和宗教重要性的项目。我们的研究结果支持了先前的证据，即宗教信仰对一些青少年健康相关的结果具有保护作用。一般来说，公共和私人的宗教信仰都能防止吸烟、酗酒和吸食大麻。仔细研究后发现，私人宗教信仰对实验性药物的使用更具保护作用，而公共宗教信仰与经常使用药物，特别是经常吸烟有更大的关联。公共和私人的宗教信仰都与曾经发生性行为的可能性较低有关。只有公共宗教信仰对初次性交时的有效节育有显著影响，对女性来说，对怀孕有显著影响。然而，宗教信仰的两个维度都与第一次或最近一次性行为时的避孕措施无关。公共宗教信仰与较低的情绪困扰有关，而私人宗教信仰则不然。只有个人的宗教信仰与有自杀念头或企图自杀的可能性较低有显著相关。公共和私人的宗教信仰与去年参与暴力的可能性较低有关。我们的研究结果表明，进一步的工作是必要的，以探索因果关系的机制，宗教是保护青少年。需要的是理论工作，确定机制，可以解释不同模式的实证结果和调查，收集数据的具体假设的机制。(C)2003爱思唯尔科技有限公司版权所有。
The purpose of this study was to examine the association of public and private domains of religiosity and adolescent health-related outcomes using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), a nationally representative sample of American adolescents in grades 7-12, The public religiosity variable combines two items measuring frequency of attendance at religious services and frequency of participation in religious youth group activities. The private religiosity variable combines two items measuring frequency of prayer and importance of religion. Our results support previous evidence that religiosity is protective for a number of adolescent health-related outcomes. In general, both public and private religiosity was protective against cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana use. On closer examination it appeared that private religiosity was more protective against experimental substance use, while public religiosity had a larger association with regular use, and in particular with regular cigarette use. Both public and private religiosity was associated with a lower probability of having ever had sexual intercourse. Only public religiosity had a significant effect on effective birth control at first sexual intercourse and, for females, for having ever been pregnant. However, neither dimension of religiosity was associated with birth control use at first or most recent sex. Public religiosity was associated with lower emotional distress while private religiosity was not. Only private religiosity was significantly associated with a lower probability of having had suicidal thoughts or having attempted suicide. Both public and private religiosity was associated with a lower probability of having engaged in violence in the last year. Our results suggest that further work is warranted to explore the causal mechanisms by which religiosity is protective for adolescents. Needed is both theoretical work that identifies mechanisms that could explain the different patterns of empirical results and surveys that collect data specific to the hypothesized mechanisms. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.