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The Influence of Personal Networks on Treatment Outcomes among Women with Substance Use Disorders

Jun, MinKyoung
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1384257308

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, Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, Social Welfare.
This was a secondary data analysis study. The parent study was Dr. Elizabeth M. Tracy’s National Institute on Drug Abuse funded study, “The Role of Personal Social Networks in Post Treatment Functioning” (RO1 DA 022 994 01A2). A Computerized Assisted Personal Interview was used to complete interviews. This study examined the characteristics of personal networks among women (N=286) with substance use disorders and the relationships between women’s personal networks and treatment outcomes (substance use, discharge disposition and number of treatment days). All personal network variables used in this study were derived from the parent study using personal network software program Egonet. Participants were asked to list 25 people with whom they had had any contact in the last 6 months. Significant relationships were found between personal networks and treatment outcomes. Higher sobriety support from treatment related alters (professionals and peers) was predictive of less likelihood of substance use in the 12 months following treatment intake. Concrete support from family members was statistically significant in the regression analysis of likelihood of substance use. In addition, higher concrete support and higher sobriety support from treatment related alters was predictive of discharge disposition of completed treatment. Finally, higher sobriety support from treatment related alters was predictive of number of treatment days in the 12 months post treatment intake period. Also, higher concrete support from treatment related alters and higher concrete support from family members was predictive of number of treatment days. This study is unique because it is the first attempt to combine more than two personal network variables (network composition and support availability) in the field of social work and substance use disorder. Implications for practice, service delivery, and social work education as well as future research were included in this study. Findings of this study highlight the importance of sobriety and concrete support from treatment related alters and concrete support from family members. Future research should continue to expand our knowledge in particular how support from formal treatment services interacts with support from informal (family) networks.
Elizabeth Tracy (Committee Chair)
Kathleen Farkas (Committee Member)
Meeyoung Min (Committee Member)
Christopher McCarty (Committee Member)
180 p.
Social Work

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  • Jun, M. (n.d.). The Influence of Personal Networks on Treatment Outcomes among Women with Substance Use Disorders [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1384257308

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jun, MinKyoung. The Influence of Personal Networks on Treatment Outcomes among Women with Substance Use Disorders. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1384257308.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jun, MinKyoung. "The Influence of Personal Networks on Treatment Outcomes among Women with Substance Use Disorders." Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University. Accessed MAY 10, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1384257308

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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