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    Traditional practices, traditional spirituality, and alcohol cessation among American Indians

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    Authors
    Torres Stone, Rosalie A.
    Whitbeck, Les B.
    Chen, Xiaojin
    Johnson, Kurt
    Olson, Debbie M.
    UMass Chan Affiliations
    Department of Psychiatry
    Document Type
    Journal Article
    Publication Date
    2006-03-28
    Keywords
    Adolescent
    Adult
    Aged
    Alcoholism
    Canada
    Cultural Characteristics
    Female
    Follow-Up Studies
    Humans
    Indians, North American
    Life Change Events
    Life Style
    Male
    Middle Aged
    Midwestern United States
    Models, Statistical
    Recurrence
    Retreatment
    Social Identification
    *Spirituality
    Temperance
    Health Services Research
    Mental and Social Health
    Psychiatric and Mental Health
    Psychiatry
    Psychiatry and Psychology
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    http://www.jsad.com/jsad/article/Traditional_Practices_Traditional_Spirituality_and_Alcohol_Cessation_Amon/894.html
    Abstract
    OBJECTIVE: The detrimental effects of alcohol misuse and dependence are well documented as an important public-health issue among American Indian adults. This preponderance of problem-centered research, however, has eclipsed some important resilience factors associated with life course patterns of American Indian alcohol use. In this study, we investigate the influence of enculturation, and each of the three component dimensions (traditional practices, traditional spirituality, and cultural identity) to provide a stringent evaluation of the specific mechanisms through which traditional culture affects alcohol cessation among American Indians. METHOD: These data were collected as part of a 3-year lagged sequential study currently underway on four American Indian reservations in the upper Midwest and five Canadian First Nation reserves. The sample consisted of 980 Native American adults, with 71% women and 29% men who are parents or guardians of youth ages 10-12 years old. Logistic regression was used to assess the unique contribution of the indicators of alcohol cessation. Excluding adults who had no lifetime alcohol use, the total sample size for present analysis is 732 adult respondents. RESULTS: The findings show that older adults, women, and married adults were more likely to have quit using alcohol. When we examined the individual components of enculturation, two of the three components (participation in traditional activities and traditional spirituality) had significantly positive effects on alcohol cessation. CONCLUSIONS: Although our findings provide empirical evidence that traditional practices and traditional spirituality play an important role in alcohol cessation, the data are cross-sectional and therefore do not indicate direction of effects. Longitudinal studies are warranted, in light of the work that concludes that cultural/spiritual issues may be more important in maintaining sobriety once it is established rather than initiating it.
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    J Stud Alcohol. 2006 Mar;67(2):236-44. Link to article on publisher's site
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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/45135
    PubMed ID
    16562405
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