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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral genetics
  • Adolescent psychology
  • Substance use research

Background:

  • Adolescent religiosity is often linked to a later age at first drink.
  • Shared family environments and genetics may confound this association.
  • Behavioral genetic designs can disentangle these influences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the relationship between adolescent religiosity and age at first drink.
  • To control for genetic and environmental confounds using a twin and sibling design.
  • To determine if religiosity independently predicts age at first drink.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.
  • Analyzed twin and sibling pairs discordant for religiosity.
  • Employed survival models to assess age at first drink and religiosity.

Main Results:

  • No significant difference in mean age at first drink between religious and non-religious adolescents.
  • Environmental factors unique to families fully explained the correlation.
  • Religiosity did not independently predict a later age at first drink.

Conclusions:

  • Adolescent religiosity may act as a proxy for protective family or cultural environments.
  • Further research should identify specific environmental factors in religious families.
  • Findings have implications for public policy and understanding alcohol initiation etiology.