TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Differences between White and Black young women in the relationship between religious service attendance and alcohol involvement
JO  - American journal on addictions
A1  - Agrawal, Arpana
A1  - Grant, Julia D.
A1  - Haber, Jon Randolph
A1  - Madden, Pamela A. F.
A1  - Heath, Andrew C.
A1  - Bucholz, Kathleen K.
A1  - Sartor, Carolyn E.
SP  - 437
EP  - 445
VL  - 26
IS  - 5
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1055-0496
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajad.12462
ID  - ref1
ER  -