Development of a bibliography on religion, spirituality and addictions
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Introduction and Aims. The aim of this study was to develop a comprehensive annotated public‐domain bibliography of the literature on spirituality and addictions to facilitate future research and scholarship. Design and Methods. A search was conducted of all citations listed in the MEDLINE, PsychINFO and ALTA Religion databases covering a period from 1941 to 2004 using the following search terms: substance abuse, substance dependence, addiction, religion, spirituality. A group of experts in the field then classified each citation according to empirically derived categories. Results. A total of 1353 papers met the search parameters and were classified into 10 non‐exclusive categories: (1) attitudes toward spirituality and substance use, (2) commentaries, (3) spiritual practices and development in recovery, (4) spiritual and religion variables in the epidemiology of substance abuse, (5) psychoactive substances and spiritual experiences, (6) religious and spiritual interventions, (7) literature reviews, (8) measurement of spirituality and addictions, (9) 12‐Step spirituality and (10) youth and development. Discussion and Conclusions. The literature is voluminous, but has focused primarily in a few areas. Common findings included an inverse relationship between religiosity and substance use/abuse, reduced use among those practising meditation and protective effects of 12‐Step group involvement during recovery. Although sound instruments are available for measuring spirituality, studies have tended to use simplistic, often single‐item measures. [Geppert C, Bogenschutz MP, Miller WR. Development of a bibliography on religion, spirituality and addictions. Drug Alcohol Rev 2007;26:389–395]
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RS are linked to improved health and health-relevant outcomes among individuals with cardiovascular disease, cancer, and substance abuse.
“are linked to a number of improved health and health-relevant outcomes among individuals with a variety of conditions such as cardiovascular disease (Chida et al., 2009), cancer (Laubmeier et al., 2004), and substance abuse (Geppert et al., 2007).”
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Findings were less clear for spirituality.
“Findings were less clear for spirituality (Geppert et al., 2007; Walton-Moss et al., 2013).”
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Recent comprehensive reviews concluded that RS consistently negatively predicted substance use, possibly due in part to prohibitions against alcohol and other substance use inherent in some religions.
“Recent comprehensive reviews concluded that RS consistently negatively predicted substance use, possibly due in part to prohibitions against alcohol and other substance use inherent in some religions (Geppert et al., 2007; Kub & Solari-Twadell, 2013; Walton-Moss et al., 2013; Yeung et al., 2009)”
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- Authors
- GEPPERT, C., BOGENSCHUTZ, M. P., & MILLER, W. R.
- Affiliations
- University of New Mexico (US)
- Corresponding author
- GEPPERT, CYNTHIA
- Venue
- Drug and Alcohol Review
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-07
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 389-395
- ISSN
- 0959-5236 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-3362
- OpenAlex
- W2137663854
- Cited by
- 129
- References
- 16
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 10
- FWCI
- 7.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Drug and Alcohol Review (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (U10DA1533)
- U.S. National Library of Medicine
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Demography › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- Keywords
- spirituality, religion, addiction, substance abuse, religiosity, 12-step programs, spiritual practice, recovery, meditation, religious intervention, spirituality measurement, youth, substance use epidemiology, psychoactive substances
- MeSH terms
- Bibliographies as Topic, Humans, Religion and Psychology, Self-Help Groups, Databases, Bibliographic, Substance-Related Disorders, Internet, Spirituality
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