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

申请人的摘要：当前提案的广泛，长期目标 减少酒精和其他毒品问题以及相关的犯罪犯罪主义 通过发展基于精神的人在被监禁的个体中 冥想干预，并更好地了解 参与此类的灵性促进变革 干涉。拟议研究的具体目的是：（1）评估 Vipassana冥想对减少酒精饮酒的有效性，酒精 - 相关的负面后果和惩教中的犯罪累犯 人口; （2）将精神的几个领域评估为潜力 Vipassana冥想对酒精和 自愿进行冥想的囚犯中的药物滥用结果 程序，（3）评估参与者特征作为预测指标 愿意自愿参加Vipassana冥想。效力 将通过从北方的囚犯进行6个月的随访评估 国王国家（西雅图）华盛顿的康复设施，自愿 与案例匹配相比，参加Vipassana冥想课程 从从相同的随机样本中识别的对照 同时人口。 90名Vipassana参与者（72名男性，18名女性） 九十个病例匹配的控件将完成基线，干预后，3-- 对酒精和物质使用以及问题，物质的6个月评估 使用诊断，精神病症状，几种多维措施 灵性和宗教信仰以及社会渴望。 此外，犯罪分子 历史和累犯将通过从金县提取来获得 华盛顿州的记录，包括逮捕，监禁，缓刑 侵犯和信念。 Vipassana志愿者也将与 随机样本的500名男性和110位女性，基线时的囚犯，以评估 Vipassana志愿服务的预测指标