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Religiosity and Associations with Substance Use and Delinquency Among Urban African American Adolescents
- Title
- Religiosity and Associations with Substance Use and Delinquency Among Urban African American Adolescents
- Authors
- Fairclough; Javari; Abd-Elmonem; Mohamed; Merrin; Gabriel J.; Hong; Jun Sung; Voisin; Dexter R.
- Ewha Authors
- 홍준성
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 홍준성
- Issue Date
- 2024
- Journal Title
- Journal of Religion and Health
- ISSN
- 0022-4197
- Citation
- Journal of Religion and Health vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 531 - 550
- Keywords
- Delinquency; Latent class analysis; Religiosity; Substance use
- Publisher
- Springer
- Indexed
- SSCI; AHCI; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Adolescent delinquency and substance use are global problems. African American adolescents are especially susceptible to the life-changing consequences of these problem behaviors. Religiosity is a notable protective factor that has been shown to mitigate these behaviors. This study uses a person-centered approach to examine the extent to which religiosity is associated with lower rates of delinquency and substance use among urban African American adolescents in the United States. Latent Class Analysis was used to examine the heterogeneity in five religiosity items among a sample of adolescents ages 13–18. After identifying religiosity classes through a class enumeration process, we examined predictors of the classes using multinomial logistic regression. The classes were then used to predict several substance use and delinquency outcomes. Three religiosity classes were identified; “low religious beliefs and engagement,” (15.19%, n = 94), “religious with low active engagement,” (56.70%, n = 351), and “religious with high active engagement,” (28.11%, n = 174). Protective effects of religiosity on substance use (e.g., alcohol) and delinquency were found (e.g., assault). Implications for research and practice are discussed. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2023.
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10943-023-01916-2
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- 사회과학대학 > 사회복지학전공 > Journal papers
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