Stauner Nick, Exline Julie J, Kusina Jessica R, Pargament Kenneth I
a Case Western Reserve University , Cleveland , OH , USA.
b Bowling Green State University , Bowling Green , OH , USA.
J Prev Interv Community. 2019 Jul-Sep;47(3):243-258. doi: 10.1080/10852352.2019.1603678. Epub 2019 Apr 19.
Theoretically, religion/spirituality may protect against alcohol problems or facilitate recovery. However, challenges can arise in religious/spiritual life that may contribute to or complicate alcohol problems. Emerging adults often experience difficult transitions from family environments to independent membership in academic communities straddling the legal drinking age boundary. Among underage undergraduates, we hypothesized that religious/spiritual struggles predict more alcohol problems independently of distress and religiousness, and religiousness independently predicts fewer alcohol problems. Our survey of two U.S. universities (total = 2525) supported these hypotheses. Structural equation models revealed positive correlations between alcohol problems and all six religious/spiritual struggles (divine, demonic, interpersonal, moral, ultimate meaning, doubt), but only moral struggle predicted alcohol problems moderately and independently of religiousness, distress, gender, and non/white ethnicity. Evidence also emerged for negative correlations between religious/spiritual struggles and drinking as it varies independently of alcohol problems. We recommend that alcoholism counselors address clients' religious/spiritual struggles.
从理论上讲，宗教/灵性可能预防酒精问题或促进康复。然而，宗教/灵性生活中可能会出现一些挑战，这些挑战可能导致酒精问题或使酒精问题复杂化。新兴成年人常常经历从家庭环境到跨越法定饮酒年龄界限的学术社区独立成员身份的艰难转变。在未成年本科生中，我们假设宗教/灵性挣扎独立于痛苦和宗教信仰可预测更多酒精问题，而宗教信仰独立地预测较少酒精问题。我们对美国两所大学（共2525名学生）的调查支持了这些假设。结构方程模型显示酒精问题与所有六种宗教/灵性挣扎（神圣、恶魔、人际、道德、终极意义、怀疑）之间存在正相关，但只有道德挣扎适度且独立于宗教信仰、痛苦、性别和非/白人种族预测了酒精问题。随着饮酒与酒精问题独立变化，宗教/灵性挣扎与饮酒之间也出现了负相关的证据。我们建议酒精中毒咨询师解决客户的宗教/灵性挣扎问题。
