TY - JOUR
T1 - Spirituality and alcohol consumption among adolescents in Chile
T2 - Results of propensity score stratification analyses
AU - Delva, Jorge
AU - Han, Yoonsun
AU - Sanchez, Ninive
AU - Andrade, Fernando H.
AU - Sanhueza, Guillermo
AU - Krentzman, Amy
PY - 2015/9
Y1 - 2015/9
N2 - This article presents the results of a study conducted to prospectively assess the relationship between spirituality and number of alcoholic drinks among Chilean adolescents while controlling for extraneous factors. A convenience sample of 661 adolescent-parent pairs from Santiago, Chile, completed an interviewer-Administered questionnaire between 2007 and 2010, when adolescents were 12 to 17 years old), and between 2008 and 2011, when they were 14 to 19 years old. Participants were asked about alcohol-using behaviors, behavioral problems, religious involvement, spirituality, parenting, and demographics. Propensity score stratification analysis using negative binomial regression identified a heterogeneous and inverse association between spirituality and number of alcoholic drinks consumed in the past 30 days (b = -0.770, p = .002). However, under the heterogeneity assumption, spirituality was significantly and inversely associated with the number of alcoholic drinks only for adolescents with the highest (b = -1.608, p = .015) and next-highest (b = 1.852, p = .012) propensity to be spiritual. The findings provide greater understanding of spirituality's potential and its limitations as a protective factor and can inform social work prevention efforts for at-risk youths and, more specifically, for youths who may be less responsive to the protective dimensions of spirituality.
AB - This article presents the results of a study conducted to prospectively assess the relationship between spirituality and number of alcoholic drinks among Chilean adolescents while controlling for extraneous factors. A convenience sample of 661 adolescent-parent pairs from Santiago, Chile, completed an interviewer-Administered questionnaire between 2007 and 2010, when adolescents were 12 to 17 years old), and between 2008 and 2011, when they were 14 to 19 years old. Participants were asked about alcohol-using behaviors, behavioral problems, religious involvement, spirituality, parenting, and demographics. Propensity score stratification analysis using negative binomial regression identified a heterogeneous and inverse association between spirituality and number of alcoholic drinks consumed in the past 30 days (b = -0.770, p = .002). However, under the heterogeneity assumption, spirituality was significantly and inversely associated with the number of alcoholic drinks only for adolescents with the highest (b = -1.608, p = .015) and next-highest (b = 1.852, p = .012) propensity to be spiritual. The findings provide greater understanding of spirituality's potential and its limitations as a protective factor and can inform social work prevention efforts for at-risk youths and, more specifically, for youths who may be less responsive to the protective dimensions of spirituality.
KW - Chile
KW - adolescents
KW - alcohol use
KW - propensity score stratification
KW - spirituality
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U2 - 10.1093/swr/svv019
DO - 10.1093/swr/svv019
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84954203564
SN - 1070-5309
VL - 39
SP - 147
EP - 157
JO - Social Work Research
JF - Social Work Research
IS - 3
ER -