Title
The Impact of Personality and Religion on Attitudes toward Alcohol among 16–18 year olds in Northern Ireland
Abstract
Background: Previous research demonstrates a negative relationship between attitude toward alcohol and religiosity. However, what is less apparent is if this relationship may, at least in part, be a function of individual differences in personality, as previous research has demonstrated a relationship between certain measures of personality and both attitude toward alcohol and attitude toward religiosity. The aim of the present study was to explore the impact of personality and the relative efficacy of different markers of religiosity in predicting attitude toward alcohol among a sample of 16–18 year olds in Northern Ireland. Method: The Francis Scale of Attitude toward Alcohol (Francis, 1992c. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 31, 45–50) was administered alongside the Abbreviated Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Francis, Brown, & Philipchalk, 1992. Personality and Individual Differences, 13(4), 443–449), the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity (Francis & Stubbs, 1987. Personality and Individual Differences, 8, 741–743) and measures of frequency of personal prayer and church attendance among a sample of 243 16- to 18-year-old sixth-form students in Northern Ireland. Results and conclusion: The data demonstrate that a more prohibitive attitude toward alcohol was correlated with lower psychoticism scores (tendermindedness) and a more positive attitude toward Christianity. Multiple-regression analyses confirm the importance of attitude toward religion in predicting individual differences in attitude toward alcohol.
Disciplines
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Francis, L. J., Fearn, M., & Lewis, C.A. (2005) ‘The Impact of Personality and Religion on Attitudes toward Alcohol among 16–18 year olds in Northern Ireland’. Journal of Religion and Health, 44(3), 267-289
Digital Commons Citation
Francis, L J.; Fearn, M; and Lewis, Christopher A., "The Impact of Personality and Religion on Attitudes toward Alcohol among 16–18 year olds in Northern Ireland" (2005). Psychology. Paper 27.
http://epubs.glyndwr.ac.uk/psyc/27
Comments
Metadata only available from this repository. The article was published in the Journal of Religion and Health published by Springer in 2005. The original publication is available at http://www.springerlink.com Contact the author via email at - ca.lewis@glyndwr.ac.uk for information about this article.