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Meaning-Making, Religiousness and Spirituality in Religiously Founded Substance Misuse Services—A Qualitative Study of Staff and Patients’ Experiences

Sørensen, Torgeir; Lien, Lars; Landheim, Anne; Danbolt, Lars Johan
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http://hdl.handle.net/11250/279982
Date
2015
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Sørensen, T., Lien, L., Landheim, A. & Danbolt, L.J. (2015). Meaning-Making, Religiousness and Spirituality in Religiously Founded Substance Misuse Services—A Qualitative Study of Staff and Patients’ Experiences. Religions, 6, 92-106. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel6010092   http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel6010092
Abstract
The Norwegian health authorities buy one third of their addiction treatment

from private institutions run by organizations and trusts. Several of these are founded on

religious values. The aim of the study was to investigate such value-based treatment and

the patients’ experiences of spirituality and religiousness as factors of meaning-making in

rehabilitation. The study was performed in an explorative qualitative design. Data were

collected through focus-group interviews among therapists and in-patients at a religiously

founded substance misuse service institution. The analysis was carried out by content

analysis through systematic text-condensation. Through different activities and a basic

attitude founded on religious values, the selected institution and the therapists facilitated a

treatment framework which included a spiritual dimension and religious activity. The

patients appreciated their free choice regarding treatment approaches, which helped them

to make meaning of life in various collective and individual settings. Rituals and sacred

spaces gave peace of mind and confidence in a situation that up to now had been chaotic

and difficult. Sermons and wording in rituals contributed to themes of reflection and

helped patients to revise attitudes and how other people were met. Private confessions

functioned for several patients as turning point experiences influencing patients’ relations

to themselves and their surroundings. Spirituality and religious activity contributed to

meaning-making among patients with substance use disorder and had significance for

their rehabilitation.
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This is a peer reviewed, scientific article licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY) and originally published Open Access in Religions. You can access the article by following this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel6010092
 
Dette er en vitenskapelig, fagfellevurdert artikkel som opprinnelig ble publisert Open Access i Religions. Artikkelen er publisert under lisensen Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY). Du kan også få tilgang til artikkelen ved å følge denne lenken: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel6010092
 
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MDPI
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Religions

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