Stevens Ed, Jason Leonard A, Ram Daphna, Light John
a Center for Community Research , DePaul University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
b Oregon Research Institute , Portland , Oregon , USA.
Subst Abus. 2015;36(4):396-9. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2014.965870. Epub 2014 Sep 26.
Social support and characteristics of one's social network have been shown to be beneficial for abstinence and substance use disorder recovery. The current study explores how specific sources of social support relate to general feelings of social support and abstinence-specific self-efficacy.
Data were collected from 31 of 33 individuals residing in 5 recovery houses. Participants were asked to complete social support and social network measures, along with measures assessing abstinence from substance use, abstinence self-efficacy, and involvement in 12-step groups.
A significant positive relationship was found between general social support and abstinence-specific self-efficacy. General social support was also significantly associated with the specific social support measures of sense of community and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) affiliation. Social network size predicted abstinence-related factors such as AA affiliation and perceived stress.
These results provide insight regarding individual feelings of social support and abstinence-specific self-efficacy by showing that one's social network-level characteristics are related to one's perceptions of social support. We also found preliminary evidence that individual Oxford Houses influence one's feelings of social support.
社会支持及个人社交网络的特征已被证明对戒酒和物质使用障碍康复有益。当前研究探讨了社会支持的特定来源如何与社会支持的总体感受以及戒酒特定的自我效能感相关。
从居住在5个康复之家的33人中收集了31人的数据。参与者被要求完成社会支持和社交网络测量，以及评估物质使用戒酒情况、戒酒自我效能感和参与12步团体情况的测量。
发现总体社会支持与戒酒特定自我效能感之间存在显著正相关。总体社会支持还与社区感和戒酒互助会（AA）成员身份等特定社会支持测量显著相关。社交网络规模预测了与戒酒相关的因素，如AA成员身份和感知压力。
这些结果通过表明个人社交网络层面的特征与个人对社会支持的认知相关，为社会支持的个体感受和戒酒特定自我效能感提供了见解。我们还发现了初步证据，表明个体牛津之家会影响个人的社会支持感受。
