“…Although contrary to our prediction, this finding has precedent. Some other studies have found race differences in the relationship between religiousness and risk behavior (Amey et al, 1996;Brown, Parks, Zimmerman, & Phillips, 2001;Hair, Moore, Kuhfeld, & Sidorowicz, 2009;Heath et al, 1999;Wallace, Brown, Bachman, & LaVeist, 2003). The inconsistency across studies may arise from differences in sample size, sample diversity, measures of religiousness, or the outcomes examined.…”