ERIC Number: EJ1154595
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Oct
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-4316
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Adolescents' Religiousness and Substance Use Are Linked via Afterlife Beliefs and Future Orientation
Holmes, Christopher; Kim-Spoon, Jungmeen
Journal of Early Adolescence, v37 n8 p1054-1077 Oct 2017
Although religiousness has been identified as a protective factor against adolescent substance use, processes through which these effects may operate are unclear. The current longitudinal study examined sequential mediation of afterlife beliefs and future orientation in the relation between adolescent religiousness and cigarette, alcohol, and marijuana use. Participants included 131 adolescents (X-bar age at Time 1 = 12 years) at three time points with approximately 2-year time intervals. Structural equation modeling indicated that higher religiousness at Time 1 was associated with higher afterlife beliefs at Time 2. Higher afterlife beliefs at Time 2 were associated with higher future orientation at Time 2, which in turn was associated with lower use of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana at Time 3. Our findings highlight the roles of afterlife beliefs and future orientation in explaining the beneficial effects of religiousness against adolescent substance use.
Descriptors: Religion, Beliefs, Role, Correlation, Drinking, Smoking, Marijuana, Longitudinal Studies, Structural Equation Models, Religious Factors, Futures (of Society), Adolescents, Intervals, Likert Scales, Statistical Analysis, Hypothesis Testing, Maximum Likelihood Statistics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (NIH); National Institute on Drug Abuse (DHHS/PHS)
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Identifiers - Location: Virginia
Grant or Contract Numbers: HD057386; DA036017