Public and private religious involvement and initiation of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use in Black and White adolescent girls

ConclusionsThe protective effects of religious involvement against cigarette and marijuana use initiation are more robust for White than Black adolescent girls and overall relatively weak for alcohol use initiation. Furthermore, importance placed on religion may be a better indicator than religious service attendance of risk for adolescent substance use initiation.

http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00127-020-01830-y

Source: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology - January 10, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research