Using societal conditional regard to cope with drug use in the ultraorthodox community and the unintended consequences
IntroductionA developing theoretical framework for the investigation of tight cultures’ reaction toward members who violate communal norms is societal conditional regard (SCR).MethodsUsing a qualitative interpretive approach, in the current study we investigated the way the Ultraorthodox Jewish comm...
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| description | IntroductionA developing theoretical framework for the investigation of tight cultures’ reaction toward members who violate communal norms is societal conditional regard (SCR).MethodsUsing a qualitative interpretive approach, in the current study we investigated the way the Ultraorthodox Jewish community uses SCR to cope with substance use disorders (SUDs), which considered to be a norms violation in closed religious communities. We did so by drawing on in-depth interviews with 14 young men from the Ultraorthodox community in Israel who were diagnosed as having an SUD and were in recovery.Results(a) The community’s socialization process, educating its members to lead a life that is the only right one; (b) The community’s use of God as the one whose love and regard are conditional; (c) The SCR emotional and behavioral practices used by the community toward individuals who violate norms, and (d) How, paradoxically, the use of SCR may eventuate in the initiation of drug use, and within the community itself.DiscussionFindings are discussed in the context of self-determination theory and SCR, and shed light on how tight cultures cope with the threat of deviation of communal norms. Implications for intervention and policy are outlined. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b6079c197274d98bb80a3b45b7bdeec2024-04-09T05:00:30ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782024-04-011510.3389/fpsyg.2024.13448321344832Using societal conditional regard to cope with drug use in the ultraorthodox community and the unintended consequencesYael Itzhaki-BraunBelle Gavriel-FriedIntroductionA developing theoretical framework for the investigation of tight cultures’ reaction toward members who violate communal norms is societal conditional regard (SCR).MethodsUsing a qualitative interpretive approach, in the current study we investigated the way the Ultraorthodox Jewish community uses SCR to cope with substance use disorders (SUDs), which considered to be a norms violation in closed religious communities. We did so by drawing on in-depth interviews with 14 young men from the Ultraorthodox community in Israel who were diagnosed as having an SUD and were in recovery.Results(a) The community’s socialization process, educating its members to lead a life that is the only right one; (b) The community’s use of God as the one whose love and regard are conditional; (c) The SCR emotional and behavioral practices used by the community toward individuals who violate norms, and (d) How, paradoxically, the use of SCR may eventuate in the initiation of drug use, and within the community itself.DiscussionFindings are discussed in the context of self-determination theory and SCR, and shed light on how tight cultures cope with the threat of deviation of communal norms. Implications for intervention and policy are outlined.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1344832/fulltight culturesubstance use disorderUltraorthodox Jewishsocietal conditional regardself-determination theory |
| spellingShingle | Yael Itzhaki-Braun Belle Gavriel-Fried Using societal conditional regard to cope with drug use in the ultraorthodox community and the unintended consequences Frontiers in Psychology tight culture substance use disorder Ultraorthodox Jewish societal conditional regard self-determination theory |
| title | Using societal conditional regard to cope with drug use in the ultraorthodox community and the unintended consequences |
| title_full | Using societal conditional regard to cope with drug use in the ultraorthodox community and the unintended consequences |
| title_fullStr | Using societal conditional regard to cope with drug use in the ultraorthodox community and the unintended consequences |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using societal conditional regard to cope with drug use in the ultraorthodox community and the unintended consequences |
| title_short | Using societal conditional regard to cope with drug use in the ultraorthodox community and the unintended consequences |
| title_sort | using societal conditional regard to cope with drug use in the ultraorthodox community and the unintended consequences |
| topic | tight culture substance use disorder Ultraorthodox Jewish societal conditional regard self-determination theory |
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