ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2019
Sober living house characteristics: A multilevel analyses of factors associated with improved outcomes.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Risk and protective factors for relapse after residential substance use treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Recovery housing and on-the-ground research priorities: a scoping study through the lens of community based participatory research.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Relationship between social support and substance use among American Indian people with a self-identified substance use problem.Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology · 2026Article
- "Now that we've opened the door": challenges recovery home directors face when housing residents receiving medication for opioid use disorder.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025Article
- Correlates of recovery capital among women in jails: Leveraging a dimensional recovery framework.Addiction research & theory · 2025Article
- Recovery support services as part of the continuum of care for alcohol or drug use disorders.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2025Article
- Social Environment and Personality Factors Associated with Giving and Receiving Help Among Sober Living House Residents.Alcoholism treatment quarterly · 2025Article
- War on Drugs in the Philippines: Evaluating Fear Appeals as Antidote to Continued Drug Use.Acta medica Philippina · 2025Article
- "And Now that I Feel Safe…I'm Coming Out of Fight or Flight": A Qualitative Exploration of Challenges and Opportunities for Residents' Mental Health in Substance Use Recovery Housing.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- Cannabis use and alcohol and drug outcomes in a longitudinal sample of sober living house residents in California.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Article
- Identifying components of recovery capital that support substance use disorder treatment completion.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- Justifying the need for a recovery related surveillance system: Exploratory focused interviews.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Assessing a pilot scheme of intensive support and assertive linkage in levels of engagement, retention, and recovery capital for people in recovery housing using quasi-experimental methods.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Article
- Mapping COVID vulnerability in relation to drug and alcohol recovery residence availability across the United States.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Multilevel Effects of Environmental and Neighborhood Factors on Sober Living House Resident 12-Month Outcomes.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2023Article
- Six-month length of stay associated with better recovery outcomes among residents of sober living houses.The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2023Article
- Patterns of polysubstance use and clinical comorbidity among persons seeking substance use treatment: An observational study.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2023Observational
- Do neighborhood characteristics of sober living houses impact recovery outcomes? A multilevel analysis of observational data from Los Angeles County.Health & place · 2023Article
- The growth of recovery capital in clients of recovery residences in Florida, USA: a quantitative pilot study of changes in REC-CAP profile scores.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2022Article
- Association of facility characteristics and substance use disorder outcomes at discharge from residential treatment.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2022Article
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Abstract
Safe and stable housing is integral to addiction recovery. Across numerous studies, recovery housing has been found to be associated with improvements in a variety of domains. Although procedures for operating some types of recovery housing have been manualized and national standards established, there are few empirical findings identifying which recovery residence characteristics may lead to improved outcomes. Using data from 330 newly admitted residents recruited from 49 sober living houses in California and re-contacted for 6- and 12-month follow-up interviews, this study examines the effects of organizational, operational, and programming characteristics on substance use, criminal justice, and employment outcomes. Results from multilevel analyses adjusting for resident demographics and length of stay indicate that organizational characteristics were associated with outcomes. Residents recruited from houses that were part of a larger organization or group of houses had increased odds of total abstinence (aOR = 3.98, p < 0.001) and drug abstinence (aOR = 3.19, p < 0.001). Residents recruited from houses that were affiliated with a treatment program had increased odds of employment (aOR = 2.92, p = 0.003). Operational characteristics such as where the house was located and whether the house required incoming residents to be sober for at least 30 days prior to entry were also related to improved outcomes, but additional work is needed to develop tools to assess and measure recovery housing characteristics and to better understand how these factors contribute to improved outcomes.
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