Effect of Religiosity and Dysfunctional Dating Attitudes on Youth Substance Use

Table 1

Participant characteristics (𝑁 = 1357).

Characteristic	𝑁 (%)
Gender
Boys	693 (51.1%)
Girls	664 (48.9%)
Age (𝑀 (SD))	13.44 (2.81)
Parent’s marital status
Currently married	1032 (76%)
Divorced	130 (9.6%)
Never married	102 (7.5%)
In domestic partnership	55 (4.1%)
Separated	20 (1.5%)
Widowed	15 (1.1%)
Religiosity
Nonreligious	445 (32.8%)
Religious	879 (64.8%)
Substance use (𝑀 (SD))	3.79 (1.37)
Dysfunctional dating attitudes (𝑀 (SD))	5.52 (1.96)