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ArticleJournal of religion and health2025

"God Did for Me What I Couldn't Do for Myself": Understanding Religiosity, Spirituality, and Locus of Control Among Black Americans Who Use Opioids.

Jasmine K Jester, Valerie P A Verty, Candice N Hargons, Shemeka Thorpe, Danelle Stevens-Watkins

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Article in Journal of religion and health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jasmine K JesterDepartment of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, 251 Scott Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, USA. jkje225@uky.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7619-8573
Valerie P A VertyDepartment of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, 251 Scott Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0410-3600
Candice N HargonsRollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9329-3401
Shemeka ThorpeDepartment of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2931-7178
Danelle Stevens-WatkinsDepartment of Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology, 251 Scott Street, Lexington, KY, 40508, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3513-9056

Funding

Research Examining Factors Associated with the Opioid Crisis among Underserved African Americans (REFOCUS)R01DA049333 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI STEVENS-WATKINS, DANELLE J · 2020 to 2024
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NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA049333NIDA NIH HHS R01-DA049333
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study explored how Black Americans who misuse opioids frame their views of spirituality/religion and locus of control (LOC). The current sample consisted of 39 Black adults residing in two urban cities in Kentucky and reported prescription opioid misuse. Using a locus of control theory as a framework, we qualitatively explored participants' views of spirituality, religion, and opioid misuse. Structural-tabular thematic analysis (ST-TA) was used to analyze 39 interviews for three components of LOC: (1) external locus of control, (2) internal locus of control (ILC), and (3) mixed locus of control. Results indicated that participants' religious/spiritual views shaped their beliefs related to LOC, opioid misuse, and drug recovery. Directions for future research and implications for clinicians are discussed.

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Black or African AmericanInternal-External ControlOpioid-Related DisordersReligion and PsychologySpiritualityAdultAnalgesics, OpioidFemaleHumansKentuckyMaleMiddle AgedQualitative ResearchYoung AdultAnalgesics, OpioidBlack AmericansLocus of controlOpioid useReligionSpirituality

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PMID39918665
PMCPMC12588266

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