Religion and Drug Use

Abstract

This study is a secondary analysis of data gathered under the sponsorship of the Utah State Division of Alcoholism and Drugs in 1989. The researchers concluded that there is a difference in frequency of alcohol use, source of alcohol, and age of first alcohol use among LDS, Other Religions and No Religion subgroups. There is no significant difference found among the various religious subgroups for age of first marijuana use of quantity of alcohol use. For all religions except Jews, a lower percentage of Utahns used alcohol than their national counterparts. A theoretical model for LDS Drug use is presented.

Assortative mating for major psychiatric diagnoses in two population-based samples

“…We confirmed that highly significant husband-wife correlations exist for age, religious attendance and education in agreement with estimates based on other large studies Eaves et al 1990 ;Gilger, 1991). Also, significant associations were observed between psychiatric diagnoses and age, religious attendance and education in both samples, as was expected from previous studies (Hawks & Bahr, 1992 ;Meador et al 1992).…”

“…Associations between depression or alcoholism and educational level have been reported, usually in the direction of higher rates of psychiatric disorder for lower educational levels. Religious denomination and religiosity are important predictors of problem drinking or patterns of alcohol use (Hawks & Bahr, 1992). Rates of major depression and anxiety also vary among different religious affiliations (Meador et al 1992).…”

Effects of religiosity on consumer attitudes toward Islamic banking in Egypt

“…Several studies reflect that religion influences consumer attitude and behavior (Armstrong, 2001;Arnould, Price, & Zikhan, 2004;Burkett, 1980;Cochran & Cohen, 1983;Delener, 1994;Hawks & Bahr, 1992;Matitila, Apostolopoulos, Sonmez, Yu, & Sasidharan, 2001;Pettinger, Holdsworth, & Gerber, 2004). Other studies indicated that religion impacts food purchasing decisions and eating habits in particular (Asp, 1999;Blackwell, Miniard, & Engel, 2001;Mennell, Murcott, & Van Ootterloo, 1992;Mullen, Williams, & Hunt, 2000;Shatenstein & Ghadirian, 1997;Steenkamp, 1993;Steptoe & Pollard, 1995;Swanson, 1996).…”

Religion and Health: Public Health Research and Practice

“…Much of this work (54) focuses on the health/lifestyle behaviors of persons within identified religious groups and denominations (e.g. Mormons or Seventh Day Adventists), which may, in turn, result in lower levels of morbidity for various diseases.…”