Religiosity and teen drug use reconsidered - A social capital perspective
Religiosity and teen drug use reconsidered - A social capital perspective
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DOI：
10.1016/j.amepre.2007.03.001
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发表时间：
2007-06-01
影响因子：
5.5
通讯作者：
Xu, Xiaohe
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作者：
Bartkowski, John P.;Xu, Xiaohe
背景资料：虽然宗教信仰经常被证明对青少年吸毒有威慑作用，但值得注意的理论差距和矛盾的发现留下了一些重要的问题没有答案。将宗教概念化为社会资本的衡量标准，并使用来自监测未来（1996年）的横截面数据，这是每年收集的美国高中毕业生的全国代表性样本，这项研究旨在揭示美国年轻人的宗教信仰和吸毒之间的关系。青少年吸毒水平的三个不同组成部分的信仰为基础的社会资本暴露和内化的宗教规范，宗教网络内的整合，并在宗教现象的信任进行了探讨，高中毕业生的酒精，大麻和其他非法药物的使用在一年前的调查。此外，吸毒与青少年基于信仰和世俗形式的公民参与有关（例如，参与宗教青年团体与世俗组织，如体育和学校俱乐部，有神论的信任与世俗的信任）进行了比较。结果：在宗教信仰变量中，会众网络内的整合（即，出席礼拜仪式）与青少年吸毒之间的负相关性最为一致。有神论的信任是没有关联的青少年吸毒，但世俗的信任和世俗组织的公民参与与较少的药物use.Conclusions：宗教和世俗的社会资本的元素与较低的报告药物使用，从而表明，可能会追求多种途径预防青少年吸毒。对未来研究的意义和方向进行了讨论。
Background: Although religiosity has often been shown to have a deterrent effect on teen drug use, noteworthy theoretic gaps and contradictory findings have left important questions unanswered.Methods: Conceptualizing religion as a measure of social capital and using cross-sectional data from Monitoring the Future (1996), a nationally representative sample of American high school seniors collected annually, this study is designed to shed new light on the relationship between religiosity and drug use among American youth. Levels of teen drug use for three different components of faith-based social capital-exposure to and internalization of religious norms, integration within religious networks, and trust in religious phenomenaare explored with respect to high school seniors' use of alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drugs during the year prior to the survey. In addition, drug use associated with faith-based and secular forms of civic engagement among teens (e.g., participation in religious youth groups vs secular organizations such as sports and school clubs, theistic trust vs secular trust) are compared.Results: Among religiosity variables, integration within congregational networks (i.e., worship service attendance) exhibits the most consistent negative association with youth drug use. Theistic trust is not associated with teen drug use, but secular trust and civic participation in secular organizations are associated with less drug use.Conclusions: Elements of both religious and secular social capital are associated with lower reported drug use, thereby suggesting that multiple avenues for the prevention of teen drug use might be pursued. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.