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The Obstacles To Receiving Grace In A Substance Abuse Population, Bradley Johnson
The Obstacles To Receiving Grace In A Substance Abuse Population, Bradley Johnson
Doctor of Psychology (PsyD)
Grace has been important throughout the history of Christianity, and it is also relevant in the contemporary positive psychology movement. Nonetheless, the construct of grace has been left relatively unexplored through theoretical or empirical investigation in the social sciences. The few psychological explorations of grace found in the current literature can be roughly divided into four categories: advocating for grace, theoretical development, measuring grace, and empirical studies of grace. The current study examined the obstacles to grace experienced by patients in a substance abuse recovery program. Seven obstacles were first identified by a group of 25 participants through the use …