Effects of Meditation on Alcohol Use and Recidivism

冥想对饮酒和累犯的影响

• 批准号: 6316160
• 负责人: Gordon ALAN Marlatt
• 金额: $ 14.66万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-30 至 2002-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6316160
• 关键词: alcoholism /alcohol abuse; alcoholism /alcohol abuse therapy; alternative medicine; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; comorbidity; correctional institutions; criminal behavior; human middle age (35-64); human subject; meditation; motivation; posttraumatic stress disorder; relapse /recurrence; young adult human (21-34)

APPLICANT'S ABSTRACT: The broad, long-term objectives of the current proposal are to reduce alcohol and other drug problems and related criminal recidivism among incarcerated individuals through development of a spiritually-based meditation intervention, and to develop a better understanding of the role of spirituality in promoting change following participation in such an intervention. The specific aims of the proposed research are to: (1) evaluate the effectiveness of Vipassana meditation for reducing alcohol use, alcohol- related negative consequences, and criminal recidivism in a correctional population; (2) evaluate several domains of spirituality as potential mediators of the effectiveness of Vipassana meditation on alcohol and substance abuse outcomes among inmates who volunteer for the meditation program, and (3) Evaluate participant characteristics as predictors of willingness to volunteer to participate Vipassana meditation. Effectiveness will be evaluated through a 6-month follow-up of inmates from the North Rehabilitation Facility in King Country (Seattle) Washington, who voluntarily participate in a Vipassana meditation course, compared to case-matched controls identified from a random sample of inmates drawn from the same population at the same time. Ninety Vipassana participants (72 men, 18 women) and ninety case-matched controls will complete baseline, post-intervention, 3- and 6-month assessments of alcohol and substance use and problems, substance use diagnosis, psychiatric symptoms, several multidimensional measures of spirituality and religiosity, and social desirability. In addition, criminal history and recidivism will be obtained through extraction from King County and Washington State records, including arrests, incarcerations, probation violations, and convictions. Vipassana volunteers will also be compared to the random sample of 500 male and 110 female, inmates at baseline, to evaluate predictors of volunteering for Vipassana

申请人摘要：当前提案的广泛、长期目标 是为了减少酒精和其他毒品问题以及相关的犯罪累犯率 在被监禁的个人中通过发展基于精神的 冥想干预，并更好地理解 在参与此类活动后，灵性在促进变革中的作用 干预。拟议研究的具体目的是：(1)评估 内观冥想对减少酒精使用的有效性，酒精- 相关消极后果与矫正中的犯罪累犯 人口；(2)评估几个灵性领域的潜力 内观冥想对酒精和酒精疗效的调节作用 自愿参加冥想的囚犯的药物滥用结果 计划，以及(3)评估参与者特征作为预测因素 自愿参加内观打坐。有效性 将通过对来自北方的囚犯进行为期6个月的跟踪评估 在华盛顿州国王郡(西雅图)的康复设施，世卫组织自愿 参加内观冥想课程，与病例匹配相比较 从随机抽样的囚犯中识别的控制措施 人口数量同时增加。90名内观参与者(72名男性，18名女性) 90名病例匹配的对照将完成基线、干预后、3- 以及为期6个月的酒精和物质使用和问题、物质评估 使用诊断、精神症状、几种多维测量方法 灵性和宗教信仰，以及社会可取性。此外，罪犯 历史和累犯将通过从国王县提取来获得 华盛顿州的记录，包括逮捕，监禁，缓刑 违规行为和定罪。内观自愿者也将被比作 随机抽样500名男性和110名女性，基线囚犯，以评估 内观志愿服务的预测者