Open University, Department of Psychology, Valkenburgerweg 177, Heerlen, The Netherlands; Center for Research and Innovation in Christian Mental Health Care, Printerweg 21, Amersfoort, The Netherlands; Centre for Christian Mental Health Care, Eleos/De Hoop Institutes for Mental Health Care, Provincialeweg 70, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
University of Humanistic Studies, Department of Humanist Chaplaincy Studies for a Plural Society, Kromme Nieuwegracht 29, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Center for Research and Innovation in Christian Mental Health Care, Printerweg 21, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2022 Jan 1;230:109182. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.109182. Epub 2021 Nov 21.
Religiousness and meaning in life are protective factors against addiction. Understanding this relationship may help to improve treatment. The aim of the current study was to assess the associations of positive and negative religiousness and search for meaning with treatment outcome, for patients with substance disorder (SUD).
The sample consisted of 115 participants attending a Christian drug addiction treatment center in the Netherlands. The study had a longitudinal design in which associations of positive/negative religiousness and search for meaning at baseline (T0) with treatment outcome after six months (T1) were assessed by means of regression analyses. Treatment outcome was measured by clinical dysfunction and the degree of addiction. Instruments used were the ROM (Routine Outcome Monitoring) Meaning and Religious Faith, the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-45) and the Measurements in the Addictions for Triage and Evaluations (MATE-1).
A high degree of positive religiousness at T0 was associated with less addiction at T1 (p < .01). A high degree of negative religiousness at T0 was related to more clinical dysfunction at T1 (p = <0.05). A higher search for meaning at T0 predicted a higher level of addiction at T1 (p = <0.05).
Positive religiousness is associated with less, whereas search for meaning is associated with more addiction after six months. Negative religiousness is not associated with addiction, but with clinical dysfunction. Health professionals are recommended to assess these factors at the start of treatment and to consider possibilities to integrate them into treatment.
宗教信仰和生活意义是预防成瘾的保护因素。了解这种关系可能有助于改善治疗效果。本研究旨在评估积极和消极的宗教信仰以及寻找意义与物质障碍（SUD）患者治疗结果之间的关系。
该样本由 115 名参加荷兰基督教戒毒治疗中心的参与者组成。该研究采用纵向设计，通过回归分析评估基线（T0）时积极/消极宗教信仰和寻找意义与六个月后（T1）治疗结果之间的关系。治疗结果通过临床功能障碍和成瘾程度来衡量。使用的工具包括 ROM（常规结果监测）意义和宗教信仰、问卷结果（OQ-45）和用于分诊和评估的成瘾措施（MATE-1）。
T0 时高度积极的宗教信仰与 T1 时较低的成瘾程度相关（p<.01）。T0 时高度消极的宗教信仰与 T1 时更多的临床功能障碍有关（p<.05）。T0 时更高的意义寻找预测 T1 时更高的成瘾程度（p<.05）。
积极的宗教信仰与六个月后较低的成瘾程度有关，而意义的寻找与更高的成瘾程度有关。消极的宗教信仰与成瘾无关，但与临床功能障碍有关。建议卫生专业人员在治疗开始时评估这些因素，并考虑将其纳入治疗的可能性。
