Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California 90262, USA.
Qual Health Res. 2011 Apr;21(4):477-88. doi: 10.1177/1049732310385826. Epub 2010 Oct 15.
Sober living homes are group residences for people attempting to maintain abstinence from alcohol and drugs in a mutually supportive setting. Residents typically develop strong psychological and economic ties and have been referred to as "alternative families," thus evoking the anthropological concept of fictive kinship. We analyzed data from seven focus groups with sober living home residents to assess the prevalence and functions of fictive kinship in these settings. Results suggest that residents created kinship by exchanging various types of support, and by incorporating other residents into existing family relationships, particularly in homes where there were children. Residents perceived fictive kin as more supportive than actual kin, encouraging them toward greater individuation, in contrast with family backgrounds that were sometimes described as stifling. These accounts of the therapeutic qualities of fictive kin in sober living homes could inform the work of fair housing advocates and other community stakeholders.
戒酒戒毒互助住所是为试图在相互支持的环境中戒除酒精和毒品的人群提供的集体居住场所。居民通常会建立强烈的心理和经济联系，并被称为“替代家庭”，从而引发了人类学中虚构亲属关系的概念。我们分析了来自七个戒酒戒毒互助住所居民焦点小组的数据，以评估这种环境中虚构亲属关系的普遍性和功能。研究结果表明，居民通过交换各种类型的支持以及将其他居民纳入现有家庭关系来建立亲属关系，尤其是在有孩子的住所中。居民认为虚构亲属比实际亲属更有支持力，鼓励他们更加个体化，与有时被描述为压抑的家庭背景形成对比。这些关于戒酒戒毒互助住所中虚构亲属治疗品质的描述可以为公平住房倡导者和其他社区利益相关者的工作提供信息。
