The Religious and Spiritual Dimensions of Cutting Down and Stopping Cocaine Use: A Qualitative Exploration Among African Americans in the South
The Religious and Spiritual Dimensions of Cutting Down and Stopping Cocaine Use: A Qualitative Exploration Among African Americans in the South
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DOI：
10.1177/0022042613491108
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Borders, Tyrone F.
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作者：
Cheney, Ann M.;Curran, Geoffrey M.;Borders, Tyrone F.
这项研究定性地考察了阿肯色州农村和城市地区非裔美国人减少和停止使用可卡因的宗教和精神层面。这些分析比较和对比了28名目前吸食可卡因的人的叙事数据，这些社区的黑人教会在许多非裔美国人的社会和文化生活中扮演着重要的角色，突出了参与者使用宗教象征、惯用表达和圣经经文来解释和理解他们的物质使用经历的方式。与会者利用了不同的宗教和精神信仰和做法，包括参加有组织的宗教、依赖与上帝的个人关系以及上帝减少和停止使用可卡因的意愿。我们的发现表明，需要采取文化敏感的干预措施，解决宗教和精神信仰对物质使用的影响，以减少可卡因的使用，并促进这一高危少数群体的康复。
This study qualitatively examines the religious and spiritual dimensions of cutting down and stopping cocaine use among African Americans in rural and urban areas of Arkansas. The analyses compare and contrast the narrative data of 28 current cocaine users living in communities where the Black church plays a fundamental role in the social and cultural lives of many African Americans, highlighting the ways that participants used religious symbols, idiomatic expression, and Biblical scriptures to interpret and make sense of their substance-use experiences. Participants drew on diverse religious and spiritual beliefs and practices, including participation in organized religion, reliance on a personal relationship with God, and God's will to cut down and stop cocaine use. Our findings suggest that culturally sensitive interventions addressing the influence of religion and spirituality in substance use are needed to reduce cocaine use and promote recovery in this at-risk, minority population.