ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2008
Drug use in the social networks of heroin and cocaine users before and after drug cessation.
Article in Drug and alcohol dependence, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.
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- Factors affecting the stability of social networks during early recovery in ex-offenders.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2014Trial
- Decreased injecting is associated with increased alcohol consumption among injecting drug users in northern Vietnam.The International journal on drug policy · 2013Trial
- Psychiatric disorders in smokers seeking treatment for tobacco dependence: relations with tobacco dependence and cessation.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2010Trial
- The impact of drug use in social networks of patients with substance use and bipolar disorders.The American journal on addictionsTrial
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- Responding to the US opioid crisis: leveraging analytics to support decision making.Health care management science · 2023Article
- Association of Social Network Characteristics with Substance Use among College-Going Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2023Article
- The Impacts of Social Support and Relationship Characteristics on Commitment to Sobriety Among People in Opioid Use Disorder Recovery.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2022Article
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- Peer presence and familiarity as key factors to reduce cocaine intake in both rats and humans: an effect mediated by the subthalamic nucleus.Psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Informal Coping Strategies Among People Who Use Opioids During COVID-19: Thematic Analysis of Reddit Forums.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- "I Grew Up Amidst Alcohol and Drugs:" a Qualitative Study on the Lived Experiences of Parental Substance Use Among Adults Who Developed Substance Use Disorders Themselves.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- The role of social isolation in opioid addiction.Social cognitive and affective neuroscience · 2021Article
- Socially-supportive norms and mutual aid of people who use opioids: An analysis of Reddit during the initial COVID-19 pandemic.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- The influence of social relationships on substance use behaviors among pregnant women with opioid use disorder.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Social network predictors of recent and sustained injection drug use cessation: findings from a longitudinal cohort study.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2021Article
- Peer influence of injection drug use cessation among dyads in rural eastern Kentucky.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
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Abstract
The present study examined social control processes in drug cessation among adults. Social control theory posits that the association between drug use and the drug use of a person's social network results from an individual seeking out similar peers. The data included 629 individuals who reported past-year heroin or cocaine use at baseline and had follow-up data in a community study in Baltimore, MD. Negative binomial regression modeling indicated that the reduction in social network drug use was significantly greater for quitters than those who did not quit. Compared to non-quitters at baseline, the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of the number of drug-using network members was 0.86 for quitters at baseline, 0.71 for non-quitters at follow-up, and 0.28 for quitters at follow-up (all p<0.05). These findings support social control theory in adult drug use cessation. Future research should extend the length of follow-up and assess bidirectional influences.
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