ABSTRACT

Prior scholarship has raised concerns over potential selection effects with religion-deviant behavior relationships. Yet, few studies have attempted to account for selection beyond incorporating control measures in statistical models, and fewer still have done so using adult samples. Using data from the National Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (N = 9,799), this study employs fixed-effects techniques to examine if religious bonds are related to deviant behaviors, and if these relationships are mediated by low self-control. Results from the fixed-effects logistic regressions show that increases in religious bonds are related to decreased odds of both substance use outcomes (binge drinking and marijuana use), but do not relate to non-violent deviance and are related to increased odds of violent deviance. Results further show that low self-control, while a significant predictor of each type of deviant behavior, fails to substantially mediate any of the relationships.

摘要

先前的奖学金引起了人们对宗教背离行为关系的潜在选择效应的担忧。但是，除了将控制措施纳入统计模型之外，很少有研究试图说明选择问题，而使用成人样本进行的选择仍然很少。使用国家青少年健康研究（N（= 9,799），这项研究采用固定效应技术来检查宗教纽带是否与越轨行为有关，以及这些关系是否由低自我控制介导。固定效应逻辑回归的结果表明，宗教纽带的增加与物质使用结果（饮酒和大麻使用）的几率降低有关，但与非暴力偏差无关，与暴力偏差的几率增加有关。结果进一步表明，低自我控制能力虽然是每种越轨行为类型的重要预测指标，但却无法实质性地调解任何一种关系。