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Narcotics anonymous participation and changes in substance use and social support
(La participation aux Narcotiques Anonymes et les changements dans l'usage de drogues et dans le soutien social)
Auteur(s) :
TOMBOUROU J. W. ;
HAMILTON, M. ;
U'REN A. ;
STEVENS-JONES, P. ;
STOREY, G.
Année :
2002
Page(s) :
61-66
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
24
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Note générale :
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 2002, 23, (1), 61-66
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
In Victoria (a southern Australian state) in 1995, Narcotics Anonymous had a small but growing membership providing an opportunity to study the early experience of new self help members. Ninety-one new members were interviewed and 62 (68%) were reinterviewed after 12 months. Three measures of self help participation were examined: service role involvement, step work, and stable meeting attendance. Lower prior involvement in treatment services and greater participation in self help predicted subsequent self help participation. Higher levels of secondary school education predicted service role involvement and longer periods in stable meeting attendance. Higher self help participation through the 12 months prior to follow-up was associated with lower levels of hazardous alcohol use and higher emotional support at reinterview. Multivariate regression analysis suggested stable self help meeting attendance and step work continued to predict reductions in hazardous alcohol use and improvements in social support, after controlling for a range of alternative predictors. (Editor's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Ctr. Adol. Hlth, 2 Gatehouse st, Parkville, 3052, Victoria. E-mail : jwt@unimelb.edu.au
Australie. Australia.
Australie. Australia.