The relationship between religiosity and drug-use among adolescents

Abstract

The aim of the research carried out on a representative sample in Romanian, Hungarian and German classes in Cluj/Kolozsvár among secondary school students (N=1.047) was – over and above the data collection referring to the epidemiology of smoking habits, alcohol and drug use – to clarify the role of religiosity from the predictors of drug-use. The religious denomination, religious upbringing, public and private worship, religious self-esteem, as well as the INSPIRIT-scale (Index of Core Spiritual Experiences) was used to identify intrinsic religiosity. The measured low level of extrinsic religiosity led to higher proportion of drug-users. Our findings suggest that among students with high level of intrinsic religiosity there is significant lower level of drug-use.