Religiosity, smoking and other addictive behaviours

Monica Roman (), Klaus Zimmermann () and Aurelian-Petrus Plopeanu ()
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Aurelian-Petrus Plopeanu: Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi

No 2021-027, MERIT Working Papers from United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT)

Abstract: Under communism, identity-providing religion was suppressed, but today religiosity is strong even among the youth in post-communist countries. This provides an appropriate background to investigate how external and internal religiosity relates to addictive behaviours like smoking, drinking and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or internal religiosity, but largely observable (external) religiosity prevents them from wallowing in those vices.

Keywords: addictive behaviour; Orthodox; external and internal religiosity; youth; smoking; drinking; drugs; Romania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I12 N34 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-06-07
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