Table 3.

Impact of spiritual virtues (helping others and divine love) on post-treatment outcomes

		Recidivism	Character		AOD
		1+ crime	leadership	humility	PDA
		43 (22%)	4.6 (1.3)	29.1 (3.7)	0.81
		OR	F	F	F
Discharge Variables
spiritual principles at discharge	high H	5.21*	19.81***	15.88***	8.18**
	high L	0.04	4.41*	2.85	0.79
	high H × high L	6.42*	1.23	0.41	0.18
	treatment duration	1.32	1.01	1.18	1.98
Intake Variables
background	male	1.95	0.06	0.47	0.04
	minority	3.49	10.80**	0.22	2.39
	hispanic	0.45	0.07	0.21	0.88
	age (years)	7.45**	0.40	0.64	0.08
	parental education	3.00	3.22	2.54	2.77
	single parent	1.31	3.15	0.26	1.43
	rural/small town	2.01	1.47	0.05	2.45
	health	0.67	3.21	1.12	0.59
	lifetime religiosity practices	1.47	0.86	4.79*	0.48
	trauma experiences	2.00	0.15	0.05	0.02
AOD severity	prior treatment	0.01	0.04	0.01	0.65
	longest time sober	2.34	0.62	0.23	0.30
	readiness for change	0.01	0.26	0.36	0.50
spiritual principles at intake	high H	1.47	0.01	3.32	0.09
	high L	0.89	0.08	0.28	0.42
	dependent variable at intake	4.82*	14.22**	0.36	7.89**

Notes:

^*p<.05

^**p<.01

^***p<.001

AOD=alcohol and other drugs; PDA=percent days abstinent; H=helping, L=divine love