Six-month changes in spirituality, religiousness, and heavy drinking in a treatment-seeking sample

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 282-290

  Robinson, Elizabeth A R ^a   Cranford, James A ^a   Webb, Jon R ^a,b   Brower, Kirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE SCALE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS SCALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PERCEPTION; POSITIVE RELIGIOUS COPING SCALE; PURPOSE IN LIFE SCALE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOUSNESS SCALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LIFE; PHYSICIAN; SAMPLE; SOCIETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33847225914     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2007.68.282     Document Type: Article

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