The Effect of Mainstream Religious Social Controls on Adolescent Drug Use in Rural Areas
Religion has been described as one of several controls on deviance. This paper addresses the controlling effects of several dimensions of commitment to mainstream religion on rural adolescent drug use. The sample includes both rural and urban adolescents. The findings suggest that while religious co...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1981
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Review of religious research
Year: 1981, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-75 |
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| Summary: | Religion has been described as one of several controls on deviance. This paper addresses the controlling effects of several dimensions of commitment to mainstream religion on rural adolescent drug use. The sample includes both rural and urban adolescents. The findings suggest that while religious commitment is one of the more powerful forms of social control on drug use, the regulatory power of all social controls, including dimensions of commitment such as church attendance and salience, decline as the seriousness of the drug use increases. Religious preference was found to have little significant impact on either rural or urban drug use. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511587 |