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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Jan 13;0:109–117. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.12.036

Table 2.2.

Spiritualitya: element endorsement by class membership.

12-step
Traditionalist
12-step
Enthusiast
Secular Self-
Reliant
Atypical

Elements Ratinga % % % % %
Being grateful Definitely 100 93 71 51 23
Somewhat <1 6 23 41 23
May 0 <1 5 7 28
Does not 0 <1 1 <1 26
Appreciating I am part of
universe
Definitely 97 75 37 30 12
Somewhat 2 23 35 44 14
May <1 2 19 23 30
Does not <1 <1 9 3 44
Helping others not drink or
use drugs
Definitely 96 71 37 35 21
Somewhat 4 26 41 44 22
May <1 3 18 19 34
Does not <1 <1 4 2 23
About giving back Definitely 99 80 47 30 15
Somewhat 1 19 38 54 19
May <1 1 12 15 40
Does not 0 <1 3 1 26
Feeling connected to a
spiritual force
Definitely 91 74 3 33 17
Somewhat 7 24 22 33 14
May 2 2 52 27 29
Does not <1 <1 23 7 40
Open-minded about
spirituality
Definitely 93 69 9 24 9
Somewhat 5 26 37 44 16
May 1 4 38 27 34
Does not <1 1 16 4 41
Spiritual in nature & not
religious
Definitely 79 68 13 39 23
Somewhat 12 22 33 33 18
May 7 8 36 24 31
Does not 2 2 18 4 28
a

This CFA component label was established in a prior analysis.

bDefinitely belongs in your definition of recovery, somewhat belongs in your definition of recovery, does not belong in your definition of recovery, but may belong in other people’s definition of recovery, or does not really belong in a definition of recovery.