Religiosity and decreased risk of substance use disorders: Is the effect mediated by social support or mental health status?

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 827-836

  Edlund, Mark J ^a   Harris, Katherine M ^b   Koenig, Harold G ^c,d   Han, Xiaotong ^a   Sullivan, Greer ^a,e   Mattox, Rhonda ^f   Tang, Lingqi ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA South Central Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediators; Mental health; Religious activity; Social support; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77955421592     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0124-3     Document Type: Article

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