| Title |
“I am spiritual, but not religious”: Does one without the other protect against adolescent health-risk behaviour?
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| Published in |
International Journal of Public Health, May 2018
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00038-018-1116-4 |
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| Authors |
Klara Malinakova, Jaroslava Kopcakova, Andrea Madarasova Geckova, Jitse P. van Dijk, Jana Furstova, Michal Kalman, Peter Tavel, Sijmen A. Reijneveld |
| Abstract |
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. 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. 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. Our findings suggest that high spirituality only protects adolescents from HRB if combined with RA. |
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| Researcher | 13 | 13% |
| Lecturer | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 7% |
| Other | 17 | 17% |
| Unknown | 40 | 39% |
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| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 14 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 8% |
| Psychology | 7 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 11 | 11% |
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