- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Self-esteem and coping resources among addicts in recovery, 1996
- Creator:
- Hairston, Robert H.
- Date of Original:
- 1996-04-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- This study examined the possibility that addicts in recovery would be at risk for developing other addictive behaviors while in recovery due to lack of self-esteem and lack of coping resources. A descriptive study method was used to gather and analyze data from a survey of recovering addicts at five Narcotics Anonymous meeting places, and one drug and alcohol treatment facility, in the metropolitan Atlanta area. The data gathering instruments used in the survey were the Walmer Self-esteem Index, and the Coping Resources Inventory. The research did not find that addicts were particularly at risk for developing other addictive behaviors , but found instead that addicts in recovery function as well as the normal population despite having been chemically dependent. One inference that was drawn from these findings was that recovery has a positive effect on the level of self-esteem of addicts in recovery. A second inference that was drawn is that addicts in recovery adapt well to learning new ways of coping with life's stresses.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1996_hairston_robert_h.pdf
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
-
