Social support, spiritual program, and addiction recovery

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Gila Chen

Abstract

This study compared personal and emotional modifications of inmates who were recovering addicts and who participated in one of two year-long therapeutic intervention programs, one including social support and experiential spiritual program components (Narcotics Anonymous, NA, meetings and the 12-step course), the other including primarily social support (NA meetings only, without the 12-step program). The hypothesis was that supplementing social support programs with a concrete spiritual program would result in more positive personal and emotional changes. The results seem to support the hypothesis: Inmates participating in the 12-step program demonstrated a higher sense of coherence and meaning in life and a gradual reduction in the intensity of negative emotions (anxiety, depression, and hostility) than those participating in NA meetings without the 12-step program. The research findings demonstrate the importance of the 12-step program as part of a rehabilitation process for drug addicts.

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Jun 28, 2008·Clinical Psychology Review·Darrin M AaseW LaVome Robinson
Sep 11, 2007·Evaluation and Program Planning·Sandra ArévaloHortensia Amaro
Sep 18, 2013·Substance Use & Misuse·Steve SussmanThomas A Wills
Jun 13, 2015·International Journal of Prisoner Health·James WoodallWilliam Penson
Oct 6, 2010·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·Natti RonelMiriam Adelson
Apr 4, 2017·Journal of Correctional Health Care : the Official Journal of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care·Jane SouthJames Woodall
Nov 19, 2011·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·Natti RonelUri Timor
Aug 14, 2009·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology· Gila Chen
Jan 28, 2010·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·Natti Ronel, Ety Elisha
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Dec 13, 2019·Nursing & Health Sciences·Mohammad Reza MokhtariMichelle Cleary
Jul 25, 2020·Journal of Addictive Diseases·Gila Chen, Keren Gueta
Dec 15, 2017·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·Natti Ronel, Y Ben Yair
Jul 30, 2021·Frontiers in Psychiatry·Rahul SureshZoe Karkossa

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