@article{ref1,
title="Religiousness and substance use in children of opiate addicts",
journal="Journal of substance abuse",
year="2001",
author="Miller, L. and Weissman, M. and Gur, M. and Adams, P.",
volume="13",
number="3",
pages="323-336",
abstract="PURPOSE: To investigate among children of opiate addicts a potential protective effect of religiousness (broadly defined in the literature to include religious beliefs, practice, and tradition) against onset of substance use. METHODS: Subjects were 161 opiate-addicted biological parents recruited from methadone maintenance programs in the New York metropolitan area, their 279 children, and 63 non-opiate-addicted parents with whom the child had daily contact. Childhood onset of substance use was assessed using the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Aged Children (K-SADS); parental DSM-III-R diagnosis of opiate addiction was assessed using the SADS-Lifetime Version (SADS-L). RESULTS: Religiousness in children of opiate addicts was associated with a substantially decreased likelihood of onset of substance use. Parent-child concordance of religiousness showed additional protective qualities with respect to religious denomination in opiate-addicted parent and with respect to the personal importance of religion and frequent attendance of religious services in non-opiate-addicted parents. CONCLUSION: Religiousness protects against substance use among children of opiate addicts.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0899-3289",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}