This is an annotated bibliography on spirituality in substance abuse and recovery that was funded by a grant from the Fetzer Foundation. To create the bibliography, a series of literature searches were completed that crossed spirituality terms with alcohol/drug terms and the citations were entered into a structured database. Several major databases were searched, and search terms incorporated those relevant to spirituality and others related to alcohol and drug use. Searches covered the spectrum of behavior from alcohol/drug use through dependence. References were compiled into a database using Endnote software. Currently you can download the bibliography in Adobe PDFformat.
Keywords are provided to help users locate articles by subject area, populations studied, and the type of article. First, each reference is keyworded according to the general subject area that it covers. For example, articles that related to religion and alcohol have both of these words in the keywords section of the citation. In addition, each article has several keywords that are relevant to that article. For example, a reference that deals with a specific type of intervention such as Transcendental Meditation or a particular type of drug such as cocaine has those specific words listed in the keywords section of the citation. Second, each reference that discusses a specific population has a population descriptor in the keywords section of the citation. For example, articles discussing adolescents or college students have the words "adolescents", "students", and "youth" in the keywords section. Articles with multiple populations (e.g. discuss both children and adults) have multiple population keywords in the keywords section. Population keywords also included, where applicable, the ethnic or racial composition of the study population, and multiple words for ethic/racial groups were used. Third, keywords also include a word for the type of article. For example, articles that contain literature reviews have the keyword "review" in the keyword section of the citation, and articles that are theoretical or opinion pieces contain the word "commentary" in the keywords section.
Articles and chapters were compiled using campus libraries and the interlibrary loan system. Thus in addition to the computer database, there exists a hardcopy library of several hundred articles. Each reference in the computer database for which a hardcopy is available in the hardcopy library is marked with the note "have copy," in order to alert users that they can call or write for a copy if they are having difficulty locating one themselves.
We were particularly interested in providing database users with detailed information on empirical articles related to addictions and spirituality. Each reference that is empirical (i.e. reports original research) is flagged with the word "empirical" in the keywords section of the citation. In addition, each empirical article contains a detailed abstract listing: (1) aims of the study, (2) total number of subjects in the study, (3) gender composition of the study population (when available), (4) age range of the subjects and the average age if available, (5) specific measures of substance use and spirituality/religion that were used, (6) specific drugs that were studied, and (7) findings regarding spirituality/religion and substance use (when available). If no findings regarding spirituality/religion and substance use are provided in the article, this is noted in the abstract.
For more information, contact:
William Miller, wrmiller@unm.edu
Keywords are provided to help users locate articles by subject area, populations studied, and the type of article. First, each reference is keyworded according to the general subject area that it covers. For example, articles that related to religion and alcohol have both of these words in the keywords section of the citation. In addition, each article has several keywords that are relevant to that article. For example, a reference that deals with a specific type of intervention such as Transcendental Meditation or a particular type of drug such as cocaine has those specific words listed in the keywords section of the citation. Second, each reference that discusses a specific population has a population descriptor in the keywords section of the citation. For example, articles discussing adolescents or college students have the words "adolescents", "students", and "youth" in the keywords section. Articles with multiple populations (e.g. discuss both children and adults) have multiple population keywords in the keywords section. Population keywords also included, where applicable, the ethnic or racial composition of the study population, and multiple words for ethic/racial groups were used. Third, keywords also include a word for the type of article. For example, articles that contain literature reviews have the keyword "review" in the keyword section of the citation, and articles that are theoretical or opinion pieces contain the word "commentary" in the keywords section.
Articles and chapters were compiled using campus libraries and the interlibrary loan system. Thus in addition to the computer database, there exists a hardcopy library of several hundred articles. Each reference in the computer database for which a hardcopy is available in the hardcopy library is marked with the note "have copy," in order to alert users that they can call or write for a copy if they are having difficulty locating one themselves.
We were particularly interested in providing database users with detailed information on empirical articles related to addictions and spirituality. Each reference that is empirical (i.e. reports original research) is flagged with the word "empirical" in the keywords section of the citation. In addition, each empirical article contains a detailed abstract listing: (1) aims of the study, (2) total number of subjects in the study, (3) gender composition of the study population (when available), (4) age range of the subjects and the average age if available, (5) specific measures of substance use and spirituality/religion that were used, (6) specific drugs that were studied, and (7) findings regarding spirituality/religion and substance use (when available). If no findings regarding spirituality/religion and substance use are provided in the article, this is noted in the abstract.
For more information, contact:
William Miller, wrmiller@unm.edu
