BACKGROUND: There is a need to better understand the extent to which social capital (reflected in social networks tapping friendship, financial support, advice/informational support) can aid recovery for those residents living in abstinence-based recovery homes. METHODS: Social network characteristics of 42 recovery homes (Oxford Houses) were examined, including friendship, willingness to loan money, and advice-seeking to assess the extent to which house network patterns were related to house-level resident measures of proximal recovery outcomes of well-being (e.g. social support, self-esteem, stress) and financial health (e.g. earned wages). RESULTS: We found that the density of the willingness to loan money network within a house was positively associated with house-level earned wages, social support, and self-esteem, and negatively associated with stress. Conversely, the density of house advice-seeking relationships was positively related to house-level stress. CONCLUSIONS: Houses in which residents are willing to share resources with other members who may be in need showed higher rates of well-being at the house-level. Advice-seeking in itself may signal stress, as stress may motivate residents to seek advice from more peers. The implications of these findings are discussed.
BACKGROUND: There is a need to better understand the extent to which social capital (reflected in social networks tapping friendship, financial support, advice/informational support) can aid recovery for those residents living in abstinence-based recovery homes. METHODS: Social network characteristics of 42 recovery homes (Oxford Houses) were examined, including friendship, willingness to loan money, and advice-seeking to assess the extent to which house network patterns were related to house-level resident measures of proximal recovery outcomes of well-being (e.g. social support, self-esteem, stress) and financial health (e.g. earned wages). RESULTS: We found that the density of the willingness to loan money network within a house was positively associated with house-level earned wages, social support, and self-esteem, and negatively associated with stress. Conversely, the density of house advice-seeking relationships was positively related to house-level stress. CONCLUSIONS: Houses in which residents are willing to share resources with other members who may be in need showed higher rates of well-being at the house-level. Advice-seeking in itself may signal stress, as stress may motivate residents to seek advice from more peers. The implications of these findings are discussed.
Authors: Leonard A Jason; Mayra Guerrero; Gabrielle Lynch; Ed Stevens; Meghan Salomon-Amend; John M Light Journal: J Community Psychol Date: 2019-11-15
Authors: Leonard A Jason; Mayra Guerrero; Meghan Salomon-Amend; Ed Stevens; John M Light; Mike Stoolmiller Journal: Am J Community Psychol Date: 2020-12-09
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