The effects of meditation within substance abuse populations have had positive effects, from reducing drug and alcohol use (Special, 2010) to utilizing coping skills to managing cravings (Chen, Comerford, Shinnick, & Ziedonis, 2010). This study aimed to examine the use of guided meditation to reduce perceived stress of participants in an outpatient substance abuse program over four weeks. The participants of this study were randomly assigned to a control group and an experimental group. The study used a pretest, post-test model. There was a significant difference between the control and...
The effects of meditation within substance abuse populations have had positive effects, from reducing drug and alcohol use (Special, 2010) to utilizin...