How Extrinsic Religiosity Affects Vice Product Consumption

摘要

Vice product consumption involves substance and behavior that can result in addiction when consumed in an excess amount. This study draws on alcohol as substance vice product and gambling as behavioral vice product. Religion beliefs, accounting for eighty-eight percent of the world population (Johnson and Grim, 2013), is one of the most common sources of self-restrict mechanism for vice product consumption. Allport and Rose (1967) bring up that religiosity, rather than religious beliefs, is the underlying factor affecting individual behaviors. The concepts of "extrinsic religion" and "intrinsic religion" refer to an extrinsically motivated person uses his religion for selfish reasons, while an intrinsically motivated person lives his religion for spiritual objectives (Allport and Ross, 1967). On the other hand, impulsivity involves individual urge and behavior in making tempting choices that go against our maximized self-interest (Patton et al., 1995), which is associated to vice product consumption. In this study, we explore how extrinsic religiosity can impact on vice product consumption through the mediating effect of impulsivity.