Public and,private domains of religiosity and adolescent smoking transitions
Public and,private domains of religiosity and adolescent smoking transitions
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.11.052
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发表时间：
2006-06-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Blum, Robert Wm
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作者：
Nonnemaker, James;McNeely, Clea A.;Blum, Robert Wm
我们使用了具有全国代表性的美国7至12年级青少年样本数据，以探索公共和私人宗教信仰对吸烟开始、升级和戒烟的影响。我们发现，青少年尝试吸烟的决定既受到他们个人信仰实践的影响，也受到参与更大信仰社区的影响。然而，私人和公共宗教信仰的影响在吸烟吸收过程中的不同决策点是特定的。私人宗教信仰对非吸烟者开始定期吸烟具有保护作用。它还防止开始实验性吸烟，但只有在年轻人经常参加宗教仪式或宗教青年团体时才有保护作用。尽管私人宗教信仰似乎阻碍了人们吸烟，但一旦年轻人对香烟上瘾，这与减少吸烟或戒烟无关。相比之下，公众的宗教信仰确实预测了经常吸烟的人减少或停止吸烟。综上所述，这些发现表明，宗教信仰的重要领域超越了个人，包括宗教机构。(C)2005爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
We used data from a nationally representative sample of US adolescents in school grades 7 through 12 to explore the effects of public and private religiosity on initiation, escalation, and cessation of smoking. We found that adolescents' decisions to experiment with smoking are influenced by both their individual practice of their faith and by participation in a larger faith community. However, the effects of private and public religiosity are specific to different decision points on the smoking uptake process. Private religiosity was protective against initiation of regular smoking among nonsmokers. It also was protective against initiation of experimental smoking but only when the young person frequently attended religious services or a religious youth group. Although private religiosity appeared to discourage the uptake of smoking, it was unrelated to reduction or cessation once a young person has become addicted to cigarettes. In contrast, public religiosity did predict reduction and cessation of cigarette use among regular smokers. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the domains in which religiosity are important extend beyond the individual and include religious institutions. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.