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Clements, Andrea D.

Cyphers, Natalie

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East Tennessee State University

East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University ETSU Faculty Works Faculty Works 4-1-2015 "Identifying as Religious" and "Strength of Religious Commitment" Predict Substance Use Rates, but "Type of Religion" Does Not Andrea D. Clements East Tennessee State University, clements@etsu.edu Natalie Cyphers DeSales University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works  Part of the Community-Based Research Commons, Health Psychology Commons, and the Substance Abuse and Addiction Commons Citation Information Clements, Andrea D.; and Cyphers, Natalie. 2015. "Identifying as Religious" and "Strength of Religious Commitment" Predict Substance Use Rates, but "Type of Religion" Does Not. 36th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Antonio, TX. This Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in ETSU Faculty Works by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact digilib@etsu.edu. "Identifying as Religious" and "Strength of Religious Commitment" Predict Substance Use Rates, but "Type of Religion" Does Not Copyright Statement Copyright The Authors. This presentation is available at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University: https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7248 www.postersession.com Conclusions "Identifying as Religious" and "Strength of Religious Commitment" Predict Substance Use Rates, but "Type of Religion" Does Not Introduction          Andrea D Clements                                               Natalie A Cyphers Method Participants   949 college students  • 68% Male • 85% White • 21 countries represented • 65.6% Protestant • 17% High in measured religious commitment Hierarchical Regression of Intrinsic Religiosity and Attendance at Religious Services on Adequacy of Prenatal Care References Previous studies have shown religiosity to predict health outcomes, and some studies have found religious beliefs, religious service attendance, and religious affiliation, all measured in varying ways, to predict substance use. The current study sought to confirm previous findings. If religiosity is found to be a protective factor against substance use that is robust across behaviors and samples, screening and intervention efforts could be enhanced.  Measures and Procedures  All undergraduate students enrolled in the Sona Systems participant pool at a Southern Appalachian University were invited to complete this online survey during spring 2013 and fall 2014. Extra credit was awarded for participation.  Cases were omitted if inadequate time was spent (<5 min) or inconsistent answers were given (answering items in opposite directions or entering obviously random responses (e.g., 54 years of school, 54 children).  Logistic regression was used to determine the degree to which Religious Commitment and Religious Affiliation predicted probability of use of various substances. No covariates were used because no demographic Results • Odds of substance use were significantly higher for the students who did not report being high in religious commitment  • Odds ratios for substance use ranged from 2.67 to 7.64 • Odds of substance use was significantly higher for students with no religion as compared to students reporting affiliation as a Protestant • Students reporting affiliation as Muslim had greater odds of smoking, but lower odds of alcohol use than those reporting Protestant affiliation  variables were significantly related to any of the substance use variables.  • High Religious Commitment predicts low risk of all types of substance use • Lacking any Religious Affiliation appears to predict higher risk substance use • Particular Religious Affiliation was predictive of  few areas of substance use Ford, J. A., & Hill, T. D. (2012). Religiosity and Adolescent Substance Use: Evidence From the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Substance Use & Misuse, 47(7), 787-798. Jang, S. J., Bader, C. D., & Johnson, B. R. (2008).  The cumulative advantage of religiosity in preventing drug use. Journal of Drug Issues, 38(3), 771-798. Jang, S., & Johnson, B. R. (2011). The Effects of childhood exposure to drug users and religion on drug use in adolescence and young adulthood. Youth & Society, 43(4), 1220-1245. doi:10.1177/0044118X10393483 Pardini, D. A., Plante, T. G., Sherman, A., & Stump, J. E. (2000). Religious faith and spirituality in substance abuse recovery: Determining the mental health benefits. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 19(4), 347-354. doi:10.1016/S0740-5472(00)00125-2 Poster presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Antonio, TX, April 2015 View publication stats

Identifying as Religious  and  Strength of Religious Commitment  Predict Substance Use Rates, but  Type of Religion  Does Not

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