Attending Substance Abuse Groups and Identifying as Spiritual but not Religious

作者: Paul K. McClure , Lindsay R. Wilkinson

DOI: 10.1007/S13644-020-00405-2

关键词: Test (assessment)AddictionSociology of religionLongitudinal dataSubstance abuseSpiritualityAlcoholics AnonymousAttendanceClinical psychologyPsychology

摘要: In recent years, the number of people who identify as “spiritual but not religious” has grown. At same time, many addiction recovery programs such Alcoholics Anonymous promote spiritual beliefs to help those suffering from alcohol use disorders. this paper, we hypothesize and test see whether individuals have attended substance abuse groups are more likely religious (SBNR). Using longitudinal data Midlife Development in United States study (N = 1711), find that SBNR. Further, frequency attendance these is positively significantly associated with being SBNR when compared both spiritual. Implications for understanding connections among religion, spirituality, discussed.