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Addiction Treatment Outcomes And Religiosity: What Is The Relationship?, Sidney Harrington Smith Iii
Addiction Treatment Outcomes And Religiosity: What Is The Relationship?, Sidney Harrington Smith Iii
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This study examines how religiosity, specifically, church attendance, prior to admission into an addictions treatment facility (Teen Challenge) is related to the treatment outcomes of completing the program and the participants’ length of stay in treatment. Additionally, the study investigates how other factors such as marital status, ethnicity, alcohol and drug use, and level of education may be related to treatment outcomes. Using archival data of 388 enrollees in a Teen Challenge program in southern United States, the results show that religiosity prior to treatment admission is significantly related to program completion. However, the second outcome variable, length of time …