Substance use disorders (SUDs) among young people have been linked with a range of adverse health consequences that can be successfully mitigated with early SUD treatment. According to the Social Identity Theory of Cessation Maintenance (SITCM), psychosocial processes including self-perceptions and benefit finding evolve with treatment, influencing recovery-based identities that can facilitate treatment success. However, this process has only been documented with adults; thus, the current study seeks to characterize these psychosocial processes among young people in SUD treatment and their caregivers. Nineteen young people receiving SUD treatment and 15 caregivers were interviewed about treatment experiences including negative self-perceptions, positive self-perceptions, and benefit finding. Results support the SITCM: Adolescents described escaping negative self-perceptions associated with the “substance use self” identity and strengthening a new “recovery self” identity characterized by positive self-perceptions and benefit finding. Caregivers described how extrinsic sources of support can help mitigate negative self-perceptions.

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物质使用障碍青少年及其照顾者的自我认知和利益发现：以戒烟维持社会认同理论为指导的定性分析

年轻人中的物质使用障碍 (SUD) 与一系列不良健康后果有关，这些后果可以通过早期 SUD 治疗成功减轻。根据戒烟维持的社会认同理论 (SITCM)，包括自我认知和利益发现在内的社会心理过程随着治疗而发展，影响可以促进治疗成功的基于康复的认同。然而，这个过程只记录在成年人身上；因此，目前的研究旨在描述接受 SUD 治疗的年轻人及其照顾者的这些心理社会过程。接受 SUD 治疗的 19 名年轻人和 15 名护理人员接受了关于治疗经历的采访，包括消极的自我认知、积极的自我认知和获益发现。结果支持 SITCM：青少年描述了逃避与“物质使用自我”身份相关的负面自我认知，并加强了以积极的自我认知和利益发现为特征的新的“恢复自我”身份。护理人员描述了外在支持来源如何帮助减轻负面的自我认知。