ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2016
Religiosity as a protective factor for hazardous drinking and drug use among sexual minority and heterosexual women: Findings from the National Alcohol Survey.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Religious Affiliations Influence Health-Related and General Decision Making: A Brazilian Nationwide Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Examining Disparities in Excessive Alcohol Use Among Black and Hispanic Lesbian and Bisexual Women in the United States: An Intersectional Analysis.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2020Article
- Relations among religiosity, age of self-identification as gay, lesbian, or bisexual, and alcohol use among college students.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Article
- Expressing Discrepancies between Religious Affiliations and Drinking Reduces Drinking Intentions.Psychology of religion and spirituality · 2020Article
- Research on alcohol and other drug (AOD) use among sexual minority women: A global scoping review.PloS one · 2020Article
- Belief, Behavior, and Belonging: How Faith is Indispensable in Preventing and Recovering from Substance Abuse.Journal of religion and health · 2019Article
- Contrasting the effects of harmonious and obsessive passion for religion on stress and drinking: Give me that old time religion … and a beer.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2019Article
- Relationship of Religiosity and Spirituality to Hazardous Drinking, Drug Use, and Depression Among Sexual Minority Women.Journal of homosexuality · 2018Article
- Gender- and Sport-Specific Associations Between Religiousness and Doping Behavior in High-Level Team Sports.Journal of religion and health · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveDespite research documenting disparities in risk for alcohol-related problems among sexual minority women, few studies explore potential protective factors within this population. This study examines how religiosity may function as a protective or risk factor for alcohol-problems or other substance use among sexual minorities compared to heterosexuals.
methodData from 11,169 women who responded to sexual identity and sexual behavior questions from three population-based National Alcohol Survey waves (2000, 2005, 2010) were utilized for analyses of religiosity in relation to lifetime drinking, past year hazardous drinking, and past year drug use.
resultsReligiosity was significantly greater among exclusively heterosexual women compared to all sexual minority groups (lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual women who report same sex partners). Lesbians reported the lowest rates of affiliation with religions/denominations discouraging alcohol use. Past year hazardous drinking and use of any illicit drugs were significantly lower among exclusively heterosexual women compared to all sexual minority groups. High religiosity was associated with lifetime alcohol abstention and was found to be protective against hazardous drinking and drug use among both sexual minority and heterosexual women. Reporting religious norms unfavorable to drinking was protective against hazardous drinking among exclusively heterosexual women but not sexual minority women.
conclusionsFindings reveal the importance of considering sexual minority status in evaluation of religion or spirituality as protective among women. Future studies should explore religiosity in the context of other individual and environmental factors, such as positive identity development and community-level acceptance, which may be salient to resiliency among sexual minorities.
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