Abstract

Aim

To understand how the social networks of a new recovery community can help sustain recovery, focusing on processes of social identity change, in the context of the wider UK recovery movement.

Methods

A cross-sectional, mixed-methods social network analysis (SNA) of ego-network sociograms to map network transitions, using retrospective measures. Ten men were recruited from a peer-worker programme, in the South Ayrshire Alcohol and Drug Partnership (ADP), West of Scotland. Network measures were compared between two timepoints, just prior to current recovery and the present time. Measures included size and density, closeness of members, and their positive or negative influence, proportion of alcohol and other drug (AOD) using and recovery peers, and extent of separate subgroups. These were complemented with qualitative interview data.

Findings

There was a significant transition in network composition, with the replacing of AOD-using peers with recovery peers and a broader transformation from relationships being framed as negative to positive. However, there was no significant transition in network structure, with AOD-using and recovery networks both consisting of strong ties and a similar density of connections between people in the networks.

Conclusions

The transition in network composition between pre-recovery and the present indicates a different set of social influences, while the similarities in network structure indicate that the recovery network replaced the role of the using network in providing close bonds. This helped reduce social isolation experienced in early-recovery and provided a pathway into more structured opportunities for volunteering and employment.

中文翻译：

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“这不是朝九晚五的恢复”：恢复社区在建立支持恢复的社会纽带方面的作用

 抽象的

 目的

了解新的恢复社区的社交网络如何帮助维持恢复，在更广泛的英国恢复运动的背景下关注社会身份变化的过程。

 方法

对自我网络社会图进行横断面、混合方法的社交网络分析 (SNA)，使用回顾性措施来绘制网络转变图。苏格兰西部南艾尔郡酒精和毒品合作组织 (ADP) 的同事项目招募了 10 名男子。比较了当前恢复之前和当前时间两个时间点之间的网络测量值。衡量标准包括规模和密度、成员的亲密程度及其积极或消极影响、酒精和其他药物 (AOD) 使用和康复同伴的比例，以及单独亚组的范围。这些都得到了定性访谈数据的补充。

 发现

网络构成发生了重大转变，使用恢复对等体取代了使用 AOD 的对等体，并且从消极关系到积极关系发生了更广泛的转变。然而，网络结构没有发生重大转变，AOD 使用网络和恢复网络均由强联系组成，网络中人员之间的联系密度相似。

 结论

恢复前和现在之间网络构成的转变表明了不同的社会影响，而网络结构的相似性表明恢复网络取代了使用网络在提供紧密联系方面的作用。这有助于减少早期康复期间经历的社会孤立，并为获得更有条理的志愿服务和就业机会提供了途径。