id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt 44558c99h0k Brooke Elizabeth Underwood Fischer To Drink or Not To Drink: The Role of Religion and Family in Drinking Patterns Among Emerging Adults 2010 .txt text/plain 325 12 17 However, the principal mechanism by which religion influences consumption is through the non-organizational act of reading sacred scriptures, suggesting the utility of spiritual capital in producing positive outcomes. Using data from all three waves of the National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR), which is a comprehensive investigation into the religious lives of American youth, I argue that religious belief and participation contributes something unique to the lives of young adults that shapes the way they behave in positive ways. cache/44558c99h0k.txt txt/44558c99h0k.txt