Unlu Ali, Sahin Ismail
a Sanliurfa Police Department , Turkish National Police , Sanliurfa City , Turkey.
b Ankara Police Department , Turkish National Police , Ankara , Turkey.
J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2016 Jul-Sep;15(3):287-309. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2015.1033664. Epub 2015 Oct 6.
The literature shows that young people are more vulnerable than adults to substance use. Religiosity is one of the factors that has been considered to protect youth from substance use and has also been interpreted as contributing to the substance abuse recovery process. Conceptualizing religiosity as a multidimensional construct, this study aimed to investigate the influence of religiosity on substance use among youth. Three dimensions of religiosity-belief about religion, religious self-practice, and religious social environment-were examined as predictors of substance use. The survey data collected in 2010 by the Governance of Istanbul, Istanbul Department of Education, and Istanbul Police Department were used. Participants were high school students (n = 31,272) between 14 and 18 years old. Structural equation modeling was used for statistical analysis and hypothesis testing. The study found a negative relationship between the three dimensions of religiosity and substance use. Religious social environment was found to be the strongest of the three dimensions. The findings suggest that religion has the potential to reduce the risk of substance use among youth. Implications for future research and policymakers were also discussed.
文献表明，年轻人比成年人更容易受到物质使用的影响。宗教信仰是被认为能保护青少年免受物质使用影响的因素之一，也被解释为有助于物质滥用康复过程。本研究将宗教信仰概念化为一个多维结构，旨在调查宗教信仰对青少年物质使用的影响。宗教信仰的三个维度——对宗教的信仰、宗教自我实践和宗教社会环境——被作为物质使用的预测因素进行了检验。使用了2010年由伊斯坦布尔市政府、伊斯坦布尔教育部和伊斯坦布尔警察局收集的调查数据。参与者为14至18岁的高中生（n = 31272）。采用结构方程模型进行统计分析和假设检验。研究发现宗教信仰的三个维度与物质使用之间存在负相关关系。宗教社会环境在这三个维度中被发现是最强的。研究结果表明，宗教信仰有可能降低青少年物质使用的风险。还讨论了对未来研究和政策制定者的启示。
