Guided by posttraumatic growth (PTG) frameworks, this study examines spiritual change as a dimension of women’s substance use recovery in the context of interpersonal violence. Among women in residential substance use treatment with self-reported histories of interpersonal trauma (N = 51), spiritual growth was found to be positively associated with PTG and inversely related to spiritual decline. Spiritual struggle was linked to psychological distress. Findings highlight spiritual growth as a pathway for meaning reconstruction and growth while supporting conceptualizations of recovery that include engagement of existential meaning-making. Implications underscore the importance of spiritually competent, gender-responsive substance use treatment approaches.
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