Individual Religiosity, Moral Community, and Drug User Treatment

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2247145
AutoresAlan J Richard (0009-0001-8573-434X), David C Bell (0000-0002-8215-127X), Jerry W Carlson
Ano2000
Volume39
Fascículo2
Páginas240-246
Data de publicação2000-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/0021-8294.00019
OpenAlexW2041414645
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas29
Referências citadas17

Some scholars have suggested that individual religiosity inhibits deviant behavior. Others have suggested that behavior is more responsive to the influence of religiously-oriented moral communities than to the religiosity of individuals. Still others have suggested that non-religious moral communities, such as sports teams or self-help recovery groups, are just as effective as religious moral communities. The current article examines the associations between addicts' reductions in drug and alcohol use and religiosity, increase in church attendance, and increase in addiction self-help recovery group attendance, following participation in publicly funded treatment programs. Results indicate that increase in self-help recovery group attendance and church attendance were independently associated with reduction in alcohol use. Only increase in church attendance was significantly associated with reduction in cocaine use. Self-assessed religious conviction was not associated with changes in drug use

Addiction · Attendance · Church attendance · Conviction · Political science · Psychiatry · Religiosity · Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research · Clinical Psychology · Law · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes