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Positive religious coping was associated with significantly greater mutual-help participation, fewer days of drug use prior to admission, and was modestly, yet significantly associated with lower drug craving.
- Morgan M. Medlock, Morgan M. Medlock, David H. Rosmarin, David H. Rosmarin, Hilary S. Connery, Hilar...
- 2017
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During the first half of the 20th century and through the 1970s, the treatment of substance use disorder was largely separate from traditional health care systems, including both medicine and psychological treatments. In part due to this siloing of substance use from the rest of health care, during this same time period, spiritual and religious bas...
This was a meta-analysis of the literature on spiritual and religious interventions for substance use disorder conducted from 1990-2018. To identify relevant papers on this topic, the authors used gold-standard, Cochrane recommendationsfor identifying randomized controlled trials. As is typical in meta-analytic studies, major electronic research pu...
Figure 1. Studies with inactive controls. The average overall effect size representing the absolute efficacy of spiritual and religious interventions when compared with inactive controls (calculated using 37 effect sizes derived from six studies) was medium (d= .537), but not statistically significant. It is unusual that a medium effect size would ...
The study authors found evidence of the capacity for spiritual and religious interventions to aid substance use problem recovery. It is important to note, however, that all trials comparing spiritual and religious interventions to an active control group included in their meta-analysis (16 of 20) were on 12-step based interventions (primarily 12-St...
Hai, A. H., Franklin, C., Park, S., DiNitto, D. M., & Aurelio, N. (2019). The efficacy of spiritual/religious interventions for substance use problems: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 202, 134-148. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.04.045
Dec 1, 2021 · This summary of peer-reviewed, quantitative studies (n = 36) found that higher religiosity is related to more belief in the disease model of addiction in providers, negative attitudes towards addiction, and a stronger support for spiritually-based treatments.
- Jennifer T. Grant Weinandy, Joshua B. Grubbs
- 2021
Jun 7, 2022 · Excessive substance use as a problem of the body, mind, and spirit is a stronghold in much of the research that has been published, and more engagement is needed with alternative perspectives.
Feb 11, 2023 · Spirituality is a construct encompassing a diversity of strongly held beliefs and pursuits related to life’s meaning and purpose. Empirical studies in key domains of spirituality related to substance use disorder (SUD) can be valuable in guiding research, and potentially clinical care.
Jul 2, 2021 · Spirituality is a construct that is reflected in a diversity of strongly felt personal commitments in different cultural and national groups. For persons with substance use disorders (SUDs), it can serve as a component of the recovery capital available to them.
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The majority of research conducted on spirituality and alcohol use has been focused on engagement in 12-step programs, such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). The AA program holds the belief that recovery is reached through spiritual experiences and an awakening to one’s higher power.
