PMID- 20105423
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100826
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1938-4114 (Electronic)
IS  - 1937-1888 (Print)
IS  - 1937-1888 (Linking)
VI  - 71
IP  - 1
DP  - 2010 Jan
TI  - Religiousness among at-risk drinkers: is it prospectively associated with the 
      development or maintenance of an alcohol-use disorder?
PG  - 136-42
AB  - OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether particular dimensions of religiousness are 
      prospectively associated with the development or maintenance of an alcohol-use 
      disorder (AUD) among at-risk drinkers or persons with a history of problem 
      drinking. METHOD: A prospective cohort study was conducted among at-risk drinkers 
      identified through a population-based telephone survey of adults residing in the 
      southeastern United States. The cohort was stratified by baseline AUD status to 
      determine how several dimensions of religiousness (organized religious 
      attendance, religious self-ranking, religious influence on one's life, coping 
      through prayer, and talking with a religious leader) were associated with the 
      development and, separately, the maintenance or remission of an AUD over 6 
      months. Multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to estimate the odds 
      of developing versus not developing an AUD and maintaining versus remitting from 
      an AUD while adjusting for measures of social support and other covariates. 
      RESULTS: Among persons without an AUD at baseline, more frequent organized 
      religious attendance, adjusted odds ratio (OR(adj)) = 0.73, 95% CI [0.55, 0.96], 
      and coping through prayer, OR(adj) = 0.63, 95% CI [0.45, 0.87], were associated 
      with lower adjusted odds of developing an AUD. In contrast, among persons with an 
      AUD at baseline, no dimension of religiousness was associated with the 
      maintenance or remission of an AUD. CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study 
      suggest that religious attendance and coping through prayer may protect against 
      the development of an AUD among at-risk drinkers. Further research is warranted 
      to ascertain whether these or other religious activities and practices should be 
      promoted among at-risk drinkers.
FAU - Borders, Tyrone F
AU  - Borders TF
AD  - Department of Health Policy and Management, Fay W. Boozman College of Public 
      Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham Street, Slot 
      820, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205-7199, USA. tfborders@uams.edu
FAU - Curran, Geoffrey M
AU  - Curran GM
FAU - Mattox, Rhonda
AU  - Mattox R
FAU - Booth, Brenda M
AU  - Booth BM
LA  - eng
GR  - R01 AA10372/AA/NIAAA NIH HHS/United States
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PL  - United States
TA  - J Stud Alcohol Drugs
JT  - Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs
JID - 101295847
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Alcohol Drinking/epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Alcoholism/epidemiology/*etiology/*psychology
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Follow-Up Studies
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interviews as Topic/methods
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Religion
MH  - *Religion and Psychology
MH  - Risk-Taking
MH  - Rural Health
MH  - Social Support
MH  - Urban Health
MH  - Young Adult
PMC - PMC2815054
EDAT- 2010/01/29 06:00
MHDA- 2010/08/27 06:00
PMCR- 2011/01/01
CRDT- 2010/01/29 06:00
PHST- 2010/01/29 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/01/29 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/08/27 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2011/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 136 [pii]
AID - 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.136 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2010 Jan;71(1):136-42. doi: 10.15288/jsad.2010.71.136.