ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence2017
How many or how much? Testing the relative influence of the number of social network risks versus the amount of time exposed to social network risks on post-treatment substance use.
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- The effect of significant other involvement in treatment for substance use disorders: A meta-analysis.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Pooled it
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- Day-level shifts in social contexts during youth cannabis use treatment.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2021Trial
- Substance use, recovery capital, and social networks of adolescents recently initiating inpatient treatment.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2026Article
- Characterizing sentiment and self-reported experiences with nonalcoholic beverages in the context of efforts to quit or cut down on drinking.Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) · 2026Article
- Predictors and Trajectories of Negative and Positive Interpersonal Dynamics in Remission From Alcohol Use Disorder.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Article
- Do posttreatment increases in social recovery capital mediate the relationship between lower internalizing symptoms and less substance use?Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026Article
- Visualizing the Influence of Social Networks on Recovery: A Mixed-Methods Social Identity Mapping Study with Recovering Adolescents.Substance use & misuse · 2024Article
- Social processes during recovery: An expansion of Kelly and Hoeppner's biaxial formulation of recovery.Addiction research & theory · 2023Article
- Longitudinal Associations between Social Relationships and Alcohol Use from Adolescence into Young Adulthood: The Role of Religiousness.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2022Article
- Social Network Characteristics among Racial/Ethnic Minority Young Adult Males with Prior Criminal Justice System Involvement.Deviant behavior · 2021Article
- Maternal and Paternal Warmth Impact Recovery Support and Social Network Composition for Substance Dependent African American and Non-African American Women.Addiction research & theory · 2019Article
- Social Identity Mapping as a Tool for Data Collection in Adolescent Recovery: A Mixed Methods Adaptation Study.Substance use : research and treatmentArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHaving high-risk, substance-using friends is associated with young adult substance use disorder (SUD) relapse. It is unclear, however, whether it is the total number of high-risk friends, or the amount of time spent with high-risk friends that leads to relapse. Unclear also, is to what extent low-risk friends buffer risk. This study examined the influence of number of high-risk and low-risk friends, and the amount time spent with these friends on post-treatment percent days abstinent (PDA).
methodYoung adult inpatients (N=302) were assessed at intake, and 3, 6, and 12 months on social network measures and PDA. Mixed models tested for effects of number of high- and low-risk friends, and time spent with these friends on PDA, and for net-risk friend effects to test whether low-risk friends offset risk.
resultsWithin and across assessments, number of, and time spent with high-risk friends was negatively associated with PDA, while the inverse was true for low-risk friends. Early post-treatment, time spent with friends more strongly predicted PDA than number of friends. Participants were more deleteriously affected by time with high-risk friends the longer they were out of treatment, while contemporaneously protection conferred by low-risk friends increased. This interaction effect, however, was not observed with number of high- or low-risk friends, or number of friends net-risk.
conclusionsYoung adult SUD patients struggling to break ties with high-risk friends should be encouraged to minimize time with them. Clinicians should also encourage patients to grow their social network of low-risk friends.
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