Abstract
The purpose of the present study was to determine the extent to which religiosity “protects” young people of color from substance use, as past research suggests that it protects white youth. Consistent with the findings of previous research, based on predominantly white samples, we found statistically and substantively significant inverse relationships between measures of religiosity and substance use for African American, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Other Latin American, Asian American, and Native American young people.
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Data are not included for the state of California for the years in question because of a state regulation requiring advance written parental consent for questions about religion. For this reason, we were unable to include the religiosity questions in the California administrations.
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The Monitoring the Future Study was funded by grant R01 DA01411 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. We would like to thank Tim Perry for assistance with data analysis and preparation of tables.
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Wallace, J.M., O’Malley, P.M., Bachman, J.G., Schulenberg, J.E., Johnston, L.D. (2016). Race/Ethnicity, Religiosity and Differences and Similarities in American Adolescents’ Substance Use. In: Thomas, Y., Price, L. (eds) Drug Use Trajectories Among Minority Youth. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7491-8_7
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