The associations of religious affiliation, religious service attendance, and religious leader norm with support for protective versus punitive drug policies
A look at the states affected by the rural opioid epidemic in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21833751 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marta R Durantini (0000-0003-1996-5710, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Dolores Albarracin (0000-0002-9878-942X, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Grid for the Reduction of Vulnerability Grid for the Reduction of Vulnerability |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 155-170 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Rural Mental Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1935-942X • E-ISSN: 2163-8969 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/rmh0000188 |
| PMID | 41030373 |
| OpenAlex | W3183156158 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Although anecdotal reports suggest that many religious communities in the United States oppose public health policies such as medication assisted treatment and syringe services, the relation between religiosity and drug policy attitudes is currently unclear. A survey of support for protective and punitive drug policies was conducted with 3,096 residents from 14 Appalachian and Midwestern states currently affected by the rural opioid epidemic. Despite high prevalence of drug use in the sample, only 59 and 36 percent of the respondents respectively supported medication assisted treatment and syringe exchange services, and 52 and 50 percent respectively supported punishment and incarceration for people who use drugs. Furthermore, although religious affiliation had no association with personal support for either protective or punitive drug policies, frequency of religious service attendance was positively correlated with support for punitive policies and negatively correlated with support for protective policies. In addition, the perception of punitive norms among religious leaders was positively correlated with personal support for punitive policies, and the perception of protective norms among religious leaders was positively correlated with personal support for protective policies. Thus, religious attendance and religious norms may reduce compassion towards others in the context of the rural drug use epidemic in the United States
Attendance · Church attendance · Criminology · Opioid · Opioid epidemic · Political science · Psychiatry · Punitive damages · Religiosity · Religious organization · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Law · Medicine · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |