Spiritual and religious influences

Groves, Paramabandhu

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-816720-5.00008-6

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“…For many religions, including Christian denominations, alcohol use may be tolerated whilst problematic use discouraged. Groves (2021) suggests that this could be because alcohol misuse may be perceived as a manifestation of a spiritual problem or moral failing. Perhaps as a result, amongst individuals facing alcohol issues, Michalak et al (2007) noted how religious engagement was linked with improved drinking habits and reduced alcohol use.…”

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“…However, little work has explored how the relative incompatibilities between the various identities we hold relate to intentions to change behaviour. Within the Christian traditions, attitudes towards alcohol vary both formally and informally (see, for example, Groves, 2021) which provides a context in which to test how variations in incompatibilities between "being a drinker" and valued religion-based identities impact both mental health and motivation to change drinking behaviours.…”

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When ingroup identities “clash”: The influence of beliefs about incompatibilities between being a Christian and a drinker affect motivation to change drinking behaviour

Frings

Albery

Kim

2022

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Whilst research has demonstrated the influence of individual and social identities on drinking-related beliefs and behaviours, none evaluates how identities' incompatibilities are associated with mental health, current drinking status nor intentions, and motivations to change drinking behaviour. The current study explored how variability in incompatibilities between the social identities of being a drinker and a Christian related to mental health, alcohol use behaviour, and intentions to change drinking behaviour. A crosssectional online survey (via a recruitment platform, Prolific) recruited n = 180 US resident Christians who drank alcohol (56.4% male, 46.6% female, mean age = 37 years). Increased incompatibility between identities moderated the effect of current Christian identity on drinking change motivations-with the strongest links amongst those with the highest levels of incompatibility. A similar effect was also shown for increasing incompatibility between perceptions of the self as an individual and drinking behaviour (self/drinker incompatibility). The relationship between Christian identity on current drinking behaviour was also shown to be moderated by decreased Christian/drinker identity incompatibility but not self/drinker incompatibility.

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