The Impact of Religiosity on the Drug Use of High School Athletes: Can Parents Really Make a Difference?

The Impact of Religiosity on the Drug Use of High School Athletes: Can Parents Really Make a Difference?

Lance C. Shuldberg
Sarah Coyne

Shuldberg, Lance C.; Coyne, Sarah

Abstract

There are mixed findings on the impact of parents on adolescent drug use. Parents including adolescents in athletic programs reduce some but not all drug use. Parents’ religiosity is the number one predictor of adolescent religiosity.