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Author: Rebekah Chase
Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Kevin Yoder, Department of Sociology, College of Public Affairs and Community Service
Department:
Department of International Studies, College of Arts and Sciences & Honors College
Bio:
Rebekah graduated summa cum laude in May of 2007 from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and a concentration in International Development. She worked as a Residence Assistant at UNT and served in an internship with the Methodist church in 2005. Her research was presented at the Great Plains Honors Council in the spring of 2006 and at the University of North Texas Board of Regents Dinner in the fall of 2006. She participated in study abroad in Verona, Italy, in the summer of 2006. She is currently living in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and working as a licensed Insurance Agent. She plans to pursue a law degree and long-term mission work abroad.
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Abstract:
This study examined relationships among religiosity, spirituality, and alcohol use by 186 18- to 25-year-old students at the University of North Texas. Religiosity was measured in three ways: by the respondents’ public participation and practice in religious traditions and services, religious socialization, and personal religious ideology. Spirituality was similarly measured by spiritual practice, socialization, and beliefs. Alcohol measures included frequency of consumption, extent of consumption, and two measures of the sociality of consumption including with whom one drinks and where the drinking takes place. Although religiosity and spirituality are difficult to measure and quantify, the results indicate that a negative relationship exists between religiosity/spirituality and alcohol consumption, which warrants further investigation into what can be done within religious and spiritual institutions to deter adolescents from risky health behaviors such as alcohol use.
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