Heroin, Hashish, and Hallelujah: The Search for Meaning

This article examines the concept of meaning, or purpose in life, as an operating variable in a religiously oriented drug rehabilitation program (Teen Challenge) in selected countries. This concept was operationalized by use of the Crumbaugh "Purpose-in-Life Test." Findings are based upon...

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1. VerfasserIn: Gruner, LeRoy (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer 1984
In: Review of religious research
Jahr: 1984, Band: 26, Heft: 2, Seiten: 176-186
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Zusammenfassung:This article examines the concept of meaning, or purpose in life, as an operating variable in a religiously oriented drug rehabilitation program (Teen Challenge) in selected countries. This concept was operationalized by use of the Crumbaugh "Purpose-in-Life Test." Findings are based upon research conducted during the summer of 1975 in India, Holland, Germany, France, Guam, and Hawaii. Subjects perceived increased meaning or purpose in life as they progressed through this three-phase, one-year program. In all countries studied, this variable was low in subjects at the inception of the program, and increased significantly throughout the one-year period until it reached a high level in the third and final phase.
ISSN:2211-4866
Enthält:Enthalten in: Review of religious research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3511701