“I am spiritual, but not religious”: Does one without the other protect against adolescent health-risk behaviour?

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Alternative codes found
RIV/61989592:15260/19:73591212
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00038-018-1116-4.pdf" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00038-018-1116-4.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1116-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00038-018-1116-4</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
“I am spiritual, but not religious”: Does one without the other protect against adolescent health-risk behaviour?
Original language description
OBJECTIVES: Spirituality and religious attendance (RA) have been suggested to protect against adolescent health-risk behaviour (HRB). The aim of this study was to explore the interrelatedness of these two concepts in a secular environment. METHODS: A nationally representative sample (n = 4566, 14.4 ± 1.1 years, 48.8% boys) of adolescents participated in the 2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children cross-sectional study. RA, spirituality (modified version of the Spiritual Well-Being Scale), tobacco, alcohol, cannabis and drug use and the prevalence of sexual intercourse were measured. RESULTS: RA and spirituality were associated with a lower chance of weekly smoking, with odds ratios (OR) 0.57 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.36-0.88] for RA and 0.88 (0.80-0.97) for spirituality. Higher spirituality was also associated with a lower risk of weekly drinking [OR (95% CI) 0.91 (0.83-0.995)]. The multiplicative interaction of RA and spirituality was associated with less risky behaviour for four of five explored HRB. RA was not a significant mediator for the association of spirituality with HRB. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that high spirituality only protects adolescents from HRB if combined with RA.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60304 - Religious studies

Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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