Mutual aid fellowships are the most accessible and widely used treatments for different addictive behaviors including problem gambling, yet how and why such treatments may be effective remains underexplored. The present research investigated the relationships between recovery group identification, social support received and provided to the recovery group, and important recovery-related outcomes among people attending Gamblers Anonymous (GA). Recovery group identification was associated with increased abstinence self-efficacy and decreased perceived risk in gambling-related “trigger” situations, and these relationships were mediated by the perceived provision of social support but not its receipt. The findings suggest that mutual aid fellowships such as GA may be effective in part because they provide opportunities for members to not only receive social support from similar others but also to make a meaningful contribution to other people’s recovery through the provision of social support, which can aid their own recovery.

中文翻译：

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帮助你帮助我：在康复小组中为问题赌徒提供和接受社会支持。

互助奖学金是针对不同成瘾行为（包括问题赌博）最容易获得和使用最广泛的治疗方法，但此类治疗方法如何以及为何有效尚待探索。本研究调查了康复小组的认同、接受和提供给康复小组的社会支持以及参加匿名赌徒 (GA) 的人的重要康复相关结果之间的关系。在与赌博相关的“触发”情境中，康复组认同与戒酒自我效能感的提高和感知风险的降低有关，这些关系是由感知到的社会支持提供而不是接受来调节的。