The relationship between religiosity and psychoactive substance consummation

S obzirom da je religioznost jedna od važnijih stavki pri razmatranju pozadine ljudskoga ponašanja, naglasak ovog istraživanja stavljen je na navedeni konstrukt, odnosno povezanost religioznosti s ovisničkim ponašanjem. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati povezanost učestalosti korištenja pojedinih psihoaktivnih tvari i religioznosti. Sudionici su popunjavali upitnik klasičnom papir-olovka metodom. Prosječna dob studenata treće godine preddiplomskog studija Sveučilišta u Zadru, bila je 22 godina starosti, a sudjelovalo je 87 djevojaka i 29 mladića (N=116). U istraživanju su korišteni: Upitnik religioznosti (Ljubotina, 2004), koji ima slijedeće skale: religijska vjerovanja, religijske obrede te dimenziju posljedica religioznosti na socijalno ponašanje, zatim anketni upitnik o učestalosti korištenja psihoaktivnih tvari i Skalu društvene poželjnosti odgovora (Crowne i Marlowe, 1960). Ispitivanjem učestalosti korištenja pojedinih psihoaktivnih tvari, utvrđeni su trendovi konzumacije alkohola i cigareta. Od ilegalnih tvari ispitanici najčešće koriste marihuanu, a najrjeđe heroin. Dobivena je značajna povezanost između konzumacije marihuane, snifanja inhalata i konzumacije LSD-a i religioznosti. Osim toga, pokazalo se kako muški ispitanici značajno učestalije konzumiraju pivo i marihuanu od ispitanica.Taking into account religiosity as one of the most important aspects of human behavior, we wanted to check it's relationship with a problematic addiction behavior. Goal of this research as such was to test relationship between opiate (ab)use and religiosity. Survey was conducted by a „pen-and-paper“ technique on a sample of 3rd year students of University of Zadar. Average age was 22 years; 87 female, and 29 male participants (N=116). Participants were surveyed with Religiousness scale by Ljubotina (2004), which has three subscales, Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960) and finally the questionaire/survey of substance use habits. Some of the results were that alcohol and cigarettes are most (ab)used, followed by marijuana. We found some evidence of negative, but small, relationship between marijuana, LSD, and inhalate abuse and religiosity, which suggest that religiosity is somewhat protective factor. Additionally, we have found evidence of sex being an important factor – male participants consume beer and marijuana more often than female