Influence of Religiosity and Alcohol Use on Personal Well-Being

Religiosity and consumer behavior of older adults: A study of subcultural influences in Malaysia

“…For example, religious ritual activities that promote social religious practices (e.g., church attendance) help to integrate the individual into a social network that has positive effects on the person's wellbeing. Such social networks enhance the person's well-being by helping individual members cope with life's stresses (Mull et al, 1987), serving as sources of information that encourage preventive healthcare practices (Koenig et al, 1999), and providing a sense of belonging to a moral community (Cox and Hammonds, 1988;Alexander and Duff, 1992). Thus, future research should examine the effects of religiosity among consumers of different religions on factors that have been found to affect the person's wellbeing.…”

Religious Attitude, Religiosity, and Arrack Drinking Patterns among Muslim, Hindu, Santal, and Oraon Communities in Rasulpur Union, Bangladesh

“…Religion and its religiosity is either a protective/controlling factor or an encouraging factor in drug using behavior: one religion discourages its followers to use any drugs, while another religion encourages, supports, and motivates its followers to do it for religious and ritualistic purposes [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. As was mentioned earlier, Muslims, influenced by Arabian culture, have negative/abstinent attitudes toward any intoxication including alcoholic drinking, while Hindus have ambivalent attitudes toward using drinking or other drugs, and minority groups, such as the Santal, the Oraon, the Mahali, the Bedia, and so forth, have permissive or even "overly" permissive attitudes toward use or abuse of alcohol or drugs.…”

“…Which factor of the social, economic, political, biological, psycho-cultural, and religious situations is mainly responsible for addiction to alcoholism is not yet universally determined. Based on the factors which influence alcohol addiction, some relevant studies indicate that influence of religious attitudes toward alcohol drinking and religiosity with or without alcohol drinking is a neglected field in substanceuse-disorder research globally [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16].…”

“…Cross-cultural studies [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] reveal that there are wide cultural variations in alcohol drinking behavior. The studies indicate that people with permissive or overly permissive and even ambivalent attitudes toward alcohol drinking all over the world consume more social, moderate, and even heavy amounts of different drinks, depending on the situations in which they live, and the drinkers may participate in religious and socio-cultural activities that vary in age, sex, race, region, social class, and ethnicity across the world cultures.…”

“…In these cultures both male and female are involved in drinking behavior; White Americans have more frequent drinking than native Americans; children of America are involved in drinking at an earlier age than other European cultures; working class and farmers in these cultures consume high amounts of drinks. In addition, the studies [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] also indicate that people of lower class and minority groups within a given culture or society who are moderate and chronic drinkers deviate from social and legal norms including religious ones, and are less involved in social and economic activities for life achievement and sometimes more involved in violent activities.…”