@article{ref1,
title="Racial discrimination and alcohol use: the moderating role of religious orientation",
journal="Substance use and misuse",
year="2016",
author="Parenteau, Stacy C. and Waters, Kristen and Cox, Brittany and Patterson, Tarsha and Carr, Richard",
volume="52",
number="1",
pages="1-9",
abstract="BACKGROUND: An outgrowth of research has established a relationship between racial discrimination and alcohol use, as well as factors that moderate this association. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: The main objective of this study was to determine if religious orientation moderates the relationship between perceived racial discrimination and alcohol use. <br><br>METHODS: This study utilized a cross-sectional data collection strategy to examine the relationship among discrimination, religious orientation, and alcohol use among undergraduate students (N = 349) at a midsize southeastern university. Data was collected in 2014. Participants completed a demographic questionnaire, the General Ethnic Discrimination Scale, the Extrinsic/Intrinsic Religious Orientation Scale-Revised and the Drinking and Drug Habits Questionnaire. <br><br>RESULTS: Analyses using hierarchical linear regression indicate a significant interaction effect (lifetime discrimination × extrinsic religious orientation) on problem drinking. Additional moderation analyses reveal a significant interaction effect between lifetime discrimination and the extrinsic-personal religious orientation on problem drinking. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that an extrinsic religious orientation, and particularly, an extrinsic-personal religious orientation, moderates the relationship between lifetime discrimination and problem drinking, suggesting that turning to religion for comfort and protection, rather than for the superficial purpose of seeing/making friends at church, may buffer against the deleterious effects of discrimination-specifically, engaging in problem drinking to cope with the stress of discrimination. Limitations, directions for future research, and clinical implications are discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1082-6084",
doi="10.1080/10826084.2016.1201840",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2016.1201840"
}