Religious Context Matters: Exploring the Relationship Between Religious Context and Underage Alcohol Consumption

Previous research has demonstrated that individual religious beliefs and practices may reduce the likelihood of underage alcohol consumption, but less is known about how the overall religious cultural influence of a religion may influence individual alcohol consumption behaviors. Using multilevel an...

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VerfasserInnen: Nie, Fanhao (VerfasserIn) ; Olson, Daniel V. 1953- (VerfasserIn) ; Yang, Xiaozhao Yousef (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer [2018]
In: Review of religious research
Jahr: 2018, Band: 60, Heft: 2, Seiten: 199-222
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B USA / Catholicism / Evangelical movement / Teenagers / Alcohol consumption
RelBib Classification:AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
CH Christentum und Gesellschaft
KBQ Nordamerika
KDB Katholische Kirche
KDG Freikirche
weitere Schlagwörter:B Deviance
B Health
B youth development
B Religious Context
B Culture
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Zusammenfassung:Previous research has demonstrated that individual religious beliefs and practices may reduce the likelihood of underage alcohol consumption, but less is known about how the overall religious cultural influence of a religion may influence individual alcohol consumption behaviors. Using multilevel analyses on two waves of the National Study of Youth and Religion merged with county-level variables from the U.S. Census and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study, we find that a county's higher Catholic population share leads to more frequent underage drunkenness even after controlling for a wide range of individual and county-level variables. Contrary to other studies' findings discovered at individual level, a greater population share of conservative Protestants is also linked with higher level of underage drunkenness. This study highlights the importance of viewing religious influence on health behaviors as a contextual, cultural force.
ISSN:2211-4866
Enthält:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s13644-017-0320-7