Alcohol-Related God/Higher Power Control Beliefs, Locus of Control, and Recovery Within the Alcoholics Anonymous Paradigm

Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 23-39

  Murray, Thomas S ^a   Malcarne, Vanessa L ^b   Goggin, Kathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b 4825 Troost ^*

Author keywords

Alcoholics Anonymous; Alcoholism; Attributions; God locus of control; Higher power; Psychometrics; Religious coping; Scale; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROL SYSTEM; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242385665     PISSN: 07347324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J020v21n03_02     Document Type: Article

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