Religiosity and alcohol use in sexual minority and heterosexual youth and young adults

Sharon Scales Rostosky; Fred Danner; Ellen D.B. Riggle

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Religiosity and alcohol use in sexual minority and heterosexual youth and young adults

Sharon Scales Rostosky, Fred Danner, Ellen D.B. Riggle

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Abstract

Despite interest in the role of religiosity in youth development and health behavior, few studies have examined these associations in sexual minority youth. Participants (n = 11,699) who were adolescents (wave 1) and young adults (wave 3) in the Add Health survey were used to examine proximal and distal religiosity by sexual identity group and to test group differences in associations between religiosity and alcohol use. Sexual minorities were less likely than heterosexuals to report a current religious affiliation. In young adulthood, heterosexual females reported significantly higher distal and proximal religiosity than heterosexual males and sexual minority young adults. From adolescence to young adulthood, religiosity in all three sexual identity groups (heterosexual, bisexual, gay/lesbian) significantly declined, with the largest effects found for the sexual minority groups. Distal and proximal religiosity scores were significantly associated with less alcohol use and less binge drinking among heterosexuals, but not among sexual minorities. Future studies of sexual minority youth and their religious contexts are suggested.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	552-563
Number of pages	12
Journal	Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Volume	37
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-007-9251-x
State	Published - May 2008

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Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This study uses data from the Add Health project, a program designed by J. Richard Udry, Ph.D. (principal investigator), and Peter Bearman, Ph.D., and funded by grant P01-HD31921 from the National Institute of child Health and Human Development (Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), with cooperative funding from 17 other agencies. Persons interested in obtaining data files from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health should contact Add Health, Carolina Population Center, 123 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524 (http://www.222.cpc.unc.edu/addhealth). Data collection for Wave III was conducted by the Research Triangle Instituted, Research Triangle Park, NC.

Keywords

Adolescent religiosity
Bisexual
Gay
Lesbian
Sexual minority youth

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Social Psychology
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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