The majority of young adults express a religious affiliation. Most widely-practiced religions have some proscriptions against excessive drinking and/or drunkenness. Yet many religious college students engage in drinking in excess of these proscriptions, albeit at lower levels than non-religious students. At present, virtually no empirically-evaluated brief interventions in this population have directly incorporated religious affiliation. Objective The present study evaluated an expressive writing intervention that elicits awareness and expression of discrepancy between religious affiliation and drinking behaviors, especially for students expressing moderate to high subjective religiousness and drinking levels. We expected discrepancy to result in lower drinking intentions. Method Undergraduate students (N=344) were randomly assigned to a 2 (priming: religious affiliation vs. college major) X 2 (comparison of current drinking with: religious affiliation vs. college major) expressive writing design in which those in the experimental condition were asked to describe how their current drinking fit with their religious affiliation. Results Writing about the fit between current drinking and one's religious affiliation (versus college major) was associated with expressing more discrepancy, which was, in turn, associated with intentions to reduce drinking. No effects were found for priming, nor for the interaction between priming and comparison. Subjective religiousness and current drinking were evaluated as moderators of the indirect effect of comparing one's current drinking and religious affiliation on future drinking intentions through expressed discrepancy. The effect of comparison on discrepancy was stronger at higher levels of subjective religiousness. The association between discrepancy and intentions to reduce drinking was stronger for heavier drinkers, especially when also accompanied by higher subjective religiousness. Conclusion Results provide preliminary support for a novel intervention strategy with the potential to reduce drinking in a significant proportion of students that has previously received little consideration.

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表达宗教信仰和饮酒之间的差异会降低饮酒的意图。

大多数年轻人都有宗教信仰。大多数广泛实践的宗教都有一些禁止过度饮酒和/或醉酒的禁令。然而，许多宗教大学生的饮酒量超过了这些禁令，尽管水平低于非宗教学生。目前，几乎没有经过经验评估的对这一人群的简短干预直接纳入宗教信仰。目的 本研究评估了一种表达性写作干预，该干预引起了对宗教信仰和饮酒行为之间差异的认识和表达，特别是对于表达中度至高度主观宗教信仰和饮酒水平的学生。我们预计差异会导致饮酒意愿降低。方法 本科生 (N=344) 被随机分配到 2（启动：宗教信仰与大学专业）X 2（当前饮酒与：宗教信仰与大学专业的比较）表达性写作设计，其中实验条件下的学生被要求描述他们目前的饮酒方式如何与他们的宗教信仰相适应。结果 写下当前饮酒与一个人的宗教信仰（相对于大学专业）之间的契合度与表达更多差异有关，而这反过来又与减少饮酒的意图有关。没有发现启动的影响，也没有发现启动和比较之间的相互作用。主观宗教信仰和当前饮酒被评估为比较一个人的间接影响的调节因素 s 当前饮酒和通过表达的差异对未来饮酒意图的宗教信仰。在主观宗教程度较高时，比较对差异的影响更强。对于较重的饮酒者，差异与减少饮酒的意图之间的关联更强，尤其是在同时伴有较高的主观宗教信仰时。结论 结果为一种新的干预策略提供了初步支持，该策略有可能减少相当一部分以前很少受到考虑的学生的饮酒。特别是当还伴随着更高的主观宗教性时。结论 结果为一种新的干预策略提供了初步支持，该策略有可能减少相当一部分以前很少受到考虑的学生的饮酒。特别是当还伴随着更高的主观宗教性时。结论 结果为一种新的干预策略提供了初步支持，该策略有可能减少相当一部分以前很少受到考虑的学生的饮酒。