Abstract
Nine collegiate illicit substance users participated in a phenomenological study of their perceptions of religion, spirituality, and substance use. We identified three themes from the interviews: (a) development of substance-using behaviors, (b) journey with religion and spirituality, and (c) intersectionality of substance use and religious and spiritual journeys. The participants voiced a complex bidirectional relationship among use behaviors, religion, and spirituality that could be facilitative, adverse, or divergent. We provide implications and suggestions for future research.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 189-205 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Counseling and Values |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 1 2020 |
Keywords
- college students
- illicit substance use
- phenomenology
- religion
- spirituality