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Abstinence versus alcohol use among elderly rural Baptists
— a test of reference group theory and health outcomes | | Author(s) | D G Blazer, J C Hays, M A Musick |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 6, no 1, February 2002 |
| Pages | pp 47-54 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Alcoholic beverages ; Baptist Church ; Health [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Rural areas ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Reference groups, such as religious groups, are thought to provide individuals with normative frameworks which set and maintain standards for them. Those who belong to a reference group, yet do not comply with the standards of that group - i.e. non-conformists - are thought to experience cognitive dissonance, which in turn may lead to psychological discomfort and adverse physical health outcomes. In a community-based, racially mixed sample of older Baptists in the rural south of the United States, where Baptist churches proscribe alcohol use, the authors studied whether alcohol use was associated with adverse physical and mental health assessments. No relationship was found between non-conformist behaviour among rural Baptists and adverse health outcomes for either Whites or African-Americans in controlled analyses. More frequent church attendance among African-American Baptists, but not for White Baptists, was strongly associated with abstinence from alcohol. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020305205 A |
| Classmark | YPP: TUA: CC: D: RL: 7T |
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