@article{ref1,
title="Differences between White and Black young women in the relationship between religious service attendance and alcohol involvement",
journal="American journal on addictions",
year="2016",
author="Agrawal, Arpana and Grant, Julia D. and Haber, Jon Randolph and Madden, Pamela A. F. and Heath, Andrew C. and Bucholz, Kathleen K. and Sartor, Carolyn E.",
volume="26",
number="5",
pages="437-445",
abstract="BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: We examined the associations of religious attendance during childhood (C-RA) and adulthood (A-RA) with alcohol involvement (ever drinking, timing of first alcohol use, and alcohol use disorder [AUD]) in White and Black female twins. As genetic and environmental factors influence religious attendance and alcohol involvement, we examined the extent to which they contribute to their association. <br><br>METHODS: Data on 3,234 White and 553 Black female twins (18-29 years) from the Missouri Adolescent Female twin Study. Significant correlations between C-RA or A-RA and alcohol involvement were parsed into their additive genetic, shared environmental, and individual-specific environmental sources. <br><br>RESULTS: C-RA was associated with ever drinking and timing of first alcohol use in Whites. A-RA was associated with ever drinking and AUD in both Whites and Blacks. Shared environmental influences did not contribute to alcohol or religiosity phenotypes in Blacks. In Whites, the association between C-RA and alcohol was due to shared environmental influences, whereas the association between A-RA and alcohol was attributable to additive genetic, shared environmental, and individual-specific environmental sources. Individual-specific environment and genetics contributed to associations between A-RA and ever drinking and AUD, respectively, in Blacks. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Factors other than C-RA contribute to lower rates of alcohol involvement in Blacks. Shared environment does not contribute to links between A-RA and alcohol involvement in Blacks. SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE: The protective impact of childhood religiosity on alcohol use and misuse is important in Whites and is due to familial factors shared by religiosity and alcohol involvement. (Am J Addict 2016;XX:1-9).<br><br>© 2016 American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1055-0496",
doi="10.1111/ajad.12462",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajad.12462"
}