TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental Trajectories of Religious Service Attendance
T2 - Predictors of Nicotine Dependence and Alcohol Dependence/Abuse in Early Midlife
AU - Zhang, Chenshu
AU - Brook, Judith S.
AU - Leukefeld, Carl G.
AU - Brook, David W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by NIH Grants DA032603 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse awarded to Dr. Judith S. Brook. We thank Elizabeth Rubenstone and Linda Capobianco for their assistances and helpful advices to the study.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - This longitudinal study assesses the associations between developmental trajectories of religious service attendance from mean age 14 to mean age 43 and nicotine dependence and alcohol dependence/abuse at mean age 43 (N = 548). Six trajectories of religious service attendance were identified. As compared with belonging to weekly stable trajectory group, a higher probability of belonging to the weekly/none decreasing, occasional stable, and non-attendance trajectory group was significantly associated with a higher likelihood of nicotine dependence. In addition, as compared with belonging to weekly stable trajectory group, a higher probability of belonging to the weekly/none decreasing, weekly/occasional decreasing, occasional stable, and non-attendance trajectory group was significantly associated with a higher likelihood of alcohol dependence/abuse. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that religious service attendance protects against nicotine dependence and alcohol dependence/abuse in early midlife.
AB - This longitudinal study assesses the associations between developmental trajectories of religious service attendance from mean age 14 to mean age 43 and nicotine dependence and alcohol dependence/abuse at mean age 43 (N = 548). Six trajectories of religious service attendance were identified. As compared with belonging to weekly stable trajectory group, a higher probability of belonging to the weekly/none decreasing, occasional stable, and non-attendance trajectory group was significantly associated with a higher likelihood of nicotine dependence. In addition, as compared with belonging to weekly stable trajectory group, a higher probability of belonging to the weekly/none decreasing, weekly/occasional decreasing, occasional stable, and non-attendance trajectory group was significantly associated with a higher likelihood of alcohol dependence/abuse. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that religious service attendance protects against nicotine dependence and alcohol dependence/abuse in early midlife.
KW - Alcohol dependence/abuse
KW - Growth mixture modeling
KW - Longitudinal study
KW - Nicotine dependence
KW - Trajectories of religious service attendance
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U2 - 10.1007/s10943-019-00787-w
DO - 10.1007/s10943-019-00787-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 30879207
AN - SCOPUS:85063110095
VL - 60
SP - 1766
EP - 1779
JO - Journal of Religion and Health
JF - Journal of Religion and Health
SN - 0022-4197
IS - 3
ER -