Religion and the Recovery of Addicted Women

Personal interviews were conducted with 102 African-American and Anglo-American women in Texas coastal communities to determine the involvement of religious organizations in women's initiation and maintenance of recovery from drug addiction, the extent of women's help-seeking for recovery,...

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Auteurs: Turner, Norma Haston (Auteur) ; O'Dell, Kristi J. (Auteur) ; Weaver, Gayle D. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1999]
Dans: Journal of religion and health
Année: 1999, Volume: 38, Numéro: 2, Pages: 137-148
Sujets non-standardisés:B Personal Interview
B Coastal Community
B Religious Organization
B Addict Woman
B Drug Addiction
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Résumé:Personal interviews were conducted with 102 African-American and Anglo-American women in Texas coastal communities to determine the involvement of religious organizations in women's initiation and maintenance of recovery from drug addiction, the extent of women's help-seeking for recovery, and women's spiritual needs. Means, frequencies, chi squares, Pearson's correlations, and one-way ANOVAs were used to describe the data. Religious organizations helped about one-third of the women to begin or stay in recovery, primarily through counseling or ministering to spiritual needs. Only one-fourth of the women had sought help from churches. The predominant spiritual needs were forgiveness, love, and understanding. Implications for research and outreach are given.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1022978109376