ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2019
Quality of life as a predictor of social relationships in Oxford House.
Article in Journal of substance abuse treatment, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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- Exploring Sex Differences in Oxford House Residents Regarding Quality of Life, Sense of Community, and Length of Stay.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Sexual Activity and Sexual Well-Being Among Sober Adults: The Role of Felt Sobriety Stigma.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2025Article
- Effects of strength of relationship ties in recovery homes: A conundrum.The International journal on drug policy · 2024Article
- The Importance of Social Support in Recovery Populations: Toward a Multilevel Understanding.Alcoholism treatment quarterly · 2023Article
- Using Systems Theory to Improve Intervention Outcomes.Professional psychology, research and practice · 2022Article
- Social integration in recovery living environments: A dynamic network approach.Journal of community psychology · 2022Article
- An Examination of Psychiatric Severity and Social Cohesion Outcomes within Oxford Houses.Community mental health journal · 2022Article
- The phenotype of recovery II: The association between delay discounting, self-reported quality of life, and remission status among individuals in recovery from substance use disorders.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2022Article
- Latent profile analysis in recovery homes: A single quantitative dimension captures most but not all of the important details of the recovery process.Substance abuse · 2022Article
- Dynamic Interdependence of Advice Seeking, Loaning, and Recovery Characteristics in Recovery Homes.Journal Of Human Behavior In The Social Environment · 2022Article
- Willingness to Lend Resources is Associated with Increases in Recovery and Participation in Community Activities.Journal of social work practice in the addictions · 2022Article
- Context Matters: Home-level But Not Individual-Level Recovery Social Capital Predicts Residents' Relapse.American journal of community psychology · 2021Article
- Eigenvector centrality defines hierarchy and predicts graduation in therapeutic community units.PloS one · 2021Article
- Exploring possible network properties facilitating recovery for residents of sober living homes.International medicine (Antioch, Turkey) · 2021Article
- Recovery home networks as social capital.Journal of community psychology · 2020Article
- Advice seeking and loaning of money related to relapse in recovery homes.Journal of community & applied social psychologyArticle
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Abstract
Improved access to housing and recovery support is a low-cost, high-potential opportunity to help people recovering from alcohol and substance use sustain their recoveries. Oxford House (OH) recovery homes represent a recovery-favorable social environment for at least some people, but it is still unclear which resident characteristics and relational dynamics affect the social integration of residents. In the current study, OH residents in three geographic locations completed a social network instrument and self-rated their quality of life (QOL). The instruments were administered to the current (per wave) residents of 42 OHs at three time points over a period of a year. Findings indicated that those with a higher QOL were more likely to form friendships with those with a lower QOL than with their similar QOL peers, and vice versa. This finding would not have been predicted based on relationship mechanisms typical of broader social contexts, where homophily (similarity-based assortativity) is common. The self-governance model that characterizes OH residences, in which success among residents is necessarily viewed as mutually dependent and therefore mutually beneficial, seems a likely explanation for our result. Specifically, and aligned with current knowledge about what works in peer oriented recovery, our results suggest the governance mechanisms of OH favor relationships between those more stable in their recovery and those who are at a higher risk of dropout or relapse. This study reveals a potential research avenue examining an important ingredient for the effectiveness of OH.
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