Spiritual Involvement as a Predictor to Completing a Salvation Army Substance Abuse Treatment Program

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dc.contributor.authorWolf-Branigin, Michael
dc.contributor.authorDuke, Jerry
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-11T18:53:27Z
dc.date.available2009-02-11T18:53:27Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionCopyright SAGE Publications
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates successful completion at a faith-based organization providing residential substance abuse treatment services. Method: The authors apply a complex systems paradigm using a single moderator variable. The participants are primarily African Americans and most have current criminal justice involvement. Probabilities of treatment program completion for participants active in spiritual activities versus similar participants not involved in these activities are calculated. Results: Participation in the spirituality component appears to provide a valuable attractor to treatment completion. Conclusions: In the past decade, evaluation methods have included the greater use of probabilistic approaches, most notably Bayesian inference. Findings suggest that this model, as applied to the complexities of a faith-based organization, is useful for understanding treatment completion.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/3435
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subjectSubstance Abuse
dc.subjectComplexity
dc.subjectAttractors
dc.subjectBayesian
dc.subjectFaith-based
dc.subjectAfrican American
dc.titleSpiritual Involvement as a Predictor to Completing a Salvation Army Substance Abuse Treatment Program
dc.typeArticle

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