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who are religious are less likely to use alcohol or drugs. This paper briefly explores the connection between religiosity and addiction in adolescents. Discussion One study of the effect of
religiosity on adolescent addictive behavior studied its "buffering" effects. The study indicates that "religiosity is inversely related to adult mortality rates, and lower rates of substance use among individuals with
an involvement in religion have been suggested as contributing to this mortality differential" (Wills, Yaeger and Sandy, 2003, p. 24). That is, religious people appear to abuse substances less frequently
than non-religious people, and therefore may live longer. In applying these principles to adolescents, it appears that the frequency with which they attend religious services has an inverse impact on
their use of illegal substances, such that "the perceived importance of religion was inversely related to measures of problem drinking in regional and national samples of high school students" (Wills,
Yaeger and Sandy, 2003, p. 24). Again, this means that greater religiosity means less alcohol use. Also, these researchers were interested in the "buffering" effects; i.e., those mediations that "reduce
the impact of adverse experiences" (Wills, Yaeger and Sandy, 2003). Among these buffers are such things as family support, problem solving skills, and religiosity (Wills, Yaeger and Sandy, 2003). Buffering,
as noted above, is a "protective resource" that counters the effect of something stressful; for example, providing financial support to a student who is "strapped" would "directly reduce the impact
of financial problems" (Wills, Yaeger & Sandy, 2003, p. 30). However, Wills and the others argue that religion is unlikely to work this way, "because it probably affects multiple psychosocial
domains" (Wills, Yaeger & Sandy, 2003, p. 30). Buffering might occur at the individual level "because religiosity affects attitudes and values" and thus a religious person might find meaning in
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