Spirituality in Alcoholics during Treatment

The purpose of this study was to measure spiritual well-being (SWB), private religious practices (PRP), positive religious coping, abstinence self-efficacy (AASE), affiliation with AA (AAA), and their associations with alcoholics in treatment. Seventy-four adults in a three-week outpatient addiction...

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Published in:The American journal on addictions 2007-05, Vol.16 (3), p.232-237
Main Authors: Piderman, Katherine M., Schneekloth, Terry D., Shane Pankratz, V., Maloney, Shaun D., Altchuler, Steven I.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation, Psychological
Adult
Aged
Alcoholics
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholism - psychology
Alcoholism - therapy
Ambulatory Care
Coping
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Religious beliefs
Selfefficacy
Spiritual wellbeing
Spirituality
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to measure spiritual well-being (SWB), private religious practices (PRP), positive religious coping, abstinence self-efficacy (AASE), affiliation with AA (AAA), and their associations with alcoholics in treatment. Seventy-four adults in a three-week outpatient addiction treatment program were assessed at admission and discharge. Wilcoxon signed rank and t tests demonstrated significant increases in all variables. Spearman correlation coefficients detected significant associations between the spiritual variables, SWB and AASE, as well as PRP and AAA. Findings suggest that spiritual variables can change during treatment and that there may be connections between spiritual variables and variables associated with longer-term recovery. (Am J Addict 2007;16:232-237)
ISSN:1055-0496
1521-0391
DOI:10.1080/10550490701375616