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JOURNAL OF DRUG ISSUES
Volume 42, Issue 2, Pages 197-209Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0022042612446584
Keywords
conversion; religion-based treatment; Evangelical program; treatment retention; treatment completion; Taiwan; religiosity
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Religious conversion has been the core of religion-based treatment models (e.g., Teen Challenge programs in the United States and Operation Dawn in Taiwan). This study aims to assess the impact of religious conversion on treatment retention and completion and to identify correlates of treatment retention and completion. In-take data and administrative records from 708 substance abusers who participated in an Evangelical faith-based recovery program in Taiwan between January 2001 and March 2009 were used to analyze the effect of religious conversion on treatment retention and completion. It was found that religious conversion is a strong predictor of length of stay in treatment and completion of treatment. Findings shed light on the empirical adequacy of the religious model of recovery and the profile of substance abusers likely to respond to faith-based interventions.
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