Nasim Aashir, Utsey Shawn O, Corona Rosalie, Belgrade Faye Z
Department of Psychology, James Madison University, MSC 7401, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA.
J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2006;5(3):29-49. doi: 10.1300/J233v05n03_02.
Research points toward multiple pathways (i.e., psychosocial domains) through which religiosity influences substance use behaviors. This study examined whether refusal efficacy mediated the relationship between religiosity and substance use in African-American adolescents and young adults. Four hundred thirty-five urban and rural African-Americans, aged between 12 and 25, completed measures of private and public religiosity, refusal efficacy, and substance use (i.e., tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and other illicit drug use). Tests for mediation were computed with private and public religiosity as independent variables, drug refusal efficacy as mediator, and substance use as the criterion. Results show that drug refusal efficacy mediated the relationship between private religiosity and tobacco, marijuana, and other illicit drug use, but not for alcohol use. Refusal efficacy also mediated the relationship between public religiosity and alcohol use, but not for other licit and illicit substances. The findings provide support for the unique impact of public religiosity when considering its role in preventive intervention. Future research should consider examining other psychosocial domains which may mediate the effect of religiosity on substance use behaviors among African-American adolescents.
研究指向了宗教信仰影响物质使用行为的多种途径（即心理社会领域）。本研究考察了拒绝效能是否在非裔美国青少年和青年中调节了宗教信仰与物质使用之间的关系。435名年龄在12至25岁之间的城乡非裔美国人完成了关于个人和公共宗教信仰、拒绝效能以及物质使用（即烟草、酒精、大麻和其他非法药物使用）的测量。以个人和公共宗教信仰为自变量、药物拒绝效能为中介变量、物质使用为标准进行中介检验。结果表明，药物拒绝效能在个人宗教信仰与烟草、大麻和其他非法药物使用之间起调节作用，但在酒精使用方面不起作用。拒绝效能在公共宗教信仰与酒精使用之间也起调节作用，但在其他合法和非法物质使用方面不起作用。这些发现为考虑公共宗教信仰在预防干预中的作用时其独特影响提供了支持。未来的研究应考虑考察其他心理社会领域，这些领域可能调节宗教信仰对非裔美国青少年物质使用行为的影响。
