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dc.contributor.authorSørensen, Torgeir
dc.contributor.authorLien, Lars
dc.contributor.authorLandheim, Anne
dc.contributor.authorDanbolt, Lars Johan
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-20T11:21:51Z
dc.date.available2015-03-20T11:21:51Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationSørensen, 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/rel6010092nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn2077–1444
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/279982
dc.descriptionThis 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/rel6010092nb_NO
dc.descriptionDette 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
dc.description.abstractThe 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.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherMDPInb_NO
dc.relation.urihttp://www.mdpi.com/journal/religions
dc.subjectreligionnb_NO
dc.subjectNorwaynb_NO
dc.subjectmeaning-makingnb_NO
dc.subjectspiritualitynb_NO
dc.subjectsubstance misuse servicesnb_NO
dc.titleMeaning-Making, Religiousness and Spirituality in Religiously Founded Substance Misuse Services—A Qualitative Study of Staff and Patients’ Experiencesnb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Health sciences: 800nb_NO
dc.source.pagenumber92-106nb_NO
dc.source.volume6nb_NO
dc.source.journalReligionsnb_NO
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel6010092


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