Spirituality in Recovery: A Lagged Mediational Analysis of Alcoholics Anonymous' Principal Theoretical Mechanism of Behavior Change

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 454-463

  Kelly, John F ^a   Stout, Robert L ^b   Magill, Molly ^c   Tonigan, J Scott ^d   Pagano, Maria E ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center on Alcoholism   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Dependence; Alcoholics Anonymous; Alcoholism; Self Help Groups; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIGION; SPIRITUAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIRITUALITY; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951934905     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01362.x     Document Type: Article

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