The Influence of Religious Factors on Drinking Behavior Among Young Indigenous Sami and Non-Sami Peers in Northern Norway |
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Authors: | Anna Rita Spein Marita Melhus Roald E Kristiansen and Siv E Kvernmo |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Sami Health Research, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Troms?, 9037 Troms?, Norway;(2) Department of History and Religious Studies, University of Troms?, 9037 Troms?, Norway;(3) Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Department, University Hospital of North Norway/Regional Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, University of Troms?, 9038 Troms?, Norway;(4) Center for Sami Health Research, Box 71, 9735 Karasjok, Norway |
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Abstract: | It has been hypothesized that Laestadianism has contributed to the less drinking observed among indigenous Sami. This paper
further investigates the bivariate protective influence of Sami ethnicity on youth drinking behavior using logistic regressions.
We simultaneously controlled for the influence of religious revival movements (Laestadianism or evangelic) and religious importance
(being personally Christian), in addition to socio-demographics and parental factors. Cross-sectional data from the 1994/95
North Norwegian Youth Study including 2,950 (675 Sami) 15–19 year-old high school students (RR: 85%) was used. Sami ethnicity
was statistically significant for two out of six alcohol outcome measures, after adjustment for religiosity and other covariates,
indicating less current drinking and party drinking. Religiousness was associated with higher youth and parental abstinence
across ethnicities. Generally, stronger protective influences on drinking behavior were found for religious importance (being
personally Christian) than religious affiliation (Laestadianism). The non-significance between Sami and non-Sami drinking
may partly be explained by ethnic differences in religiosity, but also socio-demographics (e.g., residing in the Sami Highland)
and parental factors (e.g., abstinence) contributed to such a result. Laestadianism`s profound impact on Sami culture, and
its strong anti-alcohol norms may have contributed to a religious-socio-cultural context of abstinence. |
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