This article influenced me in showing the importance of religion in curbing alcohol. It is likely that religion could serve as buffer against other addiction, too.

4. The aim of Menagi,

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Harrell%20ZA%22%5BAuthor%5D Harrell, & June's (2008) study was to examine the association between alcohol use and religious and emotional/social support on a sample of 221 American college students. Authors discovered negative correlation to exist between level of religion (i.e. religious dispositional coping and commitment) and between frequency and intensity of drinking. Social support played an insignificant role.

This article affected me in that it demonstrated the significance of religion as compared to the effect of social/emotional support. The authors' results are encouraging for an individual who lacks social support.

An article by any Preventive Medicine faculty member. (Rose, G. (2008). The strategy of preventative medicine. Rose's Strategy of Preventative Medicine, 33-35.

NE Noel's article with the title: Changes in substance...
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