Belief, behavior, and belonging: How faith is indispensable in preventing and recovering from substance abuse

BJ Grim, ME Grim - Journal of religion and health, 2019 - Springer
This study reviews the voluminous empirical evidence on faith's contribution to preventing
people from falling victim to substance abuse and helping them recover from it. We find that …

A review and conceptual model of the research on doubt, disaffiliation, and related religious changes.

AR Fisher - Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
This essay reviews the research in psychology, as well as anthropology, religious studies,
and sociology on changes related to exiting religion, and organizes the relevant constructs …

[图书][B] Psychological perspectives on religion and religiosity

B Beit-Hallahmi - 2014 - taylorfrancis.com
Is religion to blame for deadly conflicts? Should religious behaviour be credited more often
for acts of charity and altruism? In what ways are religious and 'spiritual'ideas, practices and …

Ayahuasca and public health: health status, psychosocial well-being, lifestyle, and coping strategies in a large sample of ritual ayahuasca users

G Ona, M Kohek, T Massaguer, A Gomariz… - … of psychoactive drugs, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Assessing the health status of ayahuasca users has been challenging due to the limitations
involved in randomized clinical trials and psychometric approaches. The main objective of …

Religiosity, race/ethnicity, and alcohol use behaviors in the United States

JL Meyers, Q Brown, BF Grant, D Hasin - Psychological medicine, 2017 - cambridge.org
BackgroundReligiosity is a protective factor against many health problems, including alcohol
use disorders (AUD). Studies suggest that religiosity has greater buffering effects on mental …

Spiritual struggles and mental health outcomes in a spiritually integrated inpatient program

JM Currier, JD Foster, C vanOyen Witvliet… - Journal of Affective …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Persons contending with serious mental health difficulties often experience
struggles with religious faith and/or spirituality that may also demand clinical attention …

Assessing the relationship between youth religiosity and their alcohol use: A meta-analysis from 2008 to 2018

AM Russell, B Yu, CG Thompson, SY Sussman… - Addictive …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Underage alcohol use, and associated deleterious consequences, persists as a
serious public health issue. In particular, early initiation of alcohol use increases risk for the …

Religious service attendance, health behaviors and well-being—an outcome-wide longitudinal analysis

J Pawlikowski, P Białowolski… - European journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Previous studies of relationship between religiosity, health behaviors and well-
being have showed mainly positive relationships, however, are very often limited to results …

Religious involvement, financial strain, and poly-drug use: Exploring the moderating role of meaning in life

N Krause, KI Pargament, G Ironson… - Substance use & misuse, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Research indicates that greater involvement in religion is associated with lower
rates of substance use and misuse. However, religion is a complex construct that can be …

Cannabis use and other predictors of the onset of daily cigarette use in young men: what matters most? Results from a longitudinal study

J Becker, MP Schaub, G Gmel, S Haug - BMC Public Health, 2015 - Springer
Background According to the gateway hypothesis, tobacco use is a gateway of cannabis
use. However, there is increasing evidence that cannabis use also predicts the progression …