Effects of Meditation on Alcohol Use and Recidivism

冥想对饮酒和累犯的影响

• 批准号: 6371851
• 负责人: Gordon ALAN Marlatt
• 金额: $ 14.83万
• 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 2003-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6371851
• 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 在被监禁的人中，通过发展一种基于精神的 冥想干预，并制定一个更好的理解的作用， 在参与这种活动后， 干预本研究的具体目的是：（1）评价 内观冥想对于减少饮酒的有效性，酒精- 相关的负面后果，以及惩教机构中的刑事累犯 人口;（2）评估灵性的几个领域作为潜在的 内观冥想对酒精的有效性的调解人， 自愿参加冥想的囚犯中药物滥用的结果 计划，以及（3）评估参与者的特征作为预测因素， 自愿参与内观禅修。有效性 将通过对来自北方的囚犯进行为期6个月的随访来进行评估 康复设施在国王国家（西雅图）华盛顿，谁自愿 参加内观冥想课程的人， 对照组是从同一监狱中随机抽取的囚犯中确定的， 人口与此同时九十名内观学员（72名男性，18名女性） 90例病例匹配对照将完成基线、干预后、3- 和6个月的评估酒精和物质的使用和问题，物质 使用诊断，精神症状，几个多维度的措施， 灵性和宗教信仰以及社会期望。 此外，刑事 历史和累犯将通过从金郡提取获得 和华盛顿州的记录，包括逮捕，监禁，缓刑 违法和定罪。内观志愿者也将被比作 随机抽取500名男囚犯和110名女囚犯作为基线， 内观志愿者的预测因素