Bonds and bridges: perspectives of service-engaged young people on the value of relationships in addressing alcohol and other drug issues

Green, Rachael; Mitchell, Penny; Bruun, Andrew

doi:10.1080/13676261.2012.718433

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“…This is consistent with social network theory, social capital and the effectiveness of family (Burns & Marks, 2013;Green et al 2013). Relationship difficulties with parents were cited as significant in the trajectory of substance use among this cohort, which is in keeping with existing, primarily quantitative, research among young people (Yabiku et al 2010;Stone et al 2012;Green et al 2013;Turner et al 2014). Parents' own substance use, permissive attitude towards substance use and enabling behaviour including in part, lack of parental supervision and control were identified as important.…”

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confidence: 84%

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Young people in drug treatment in Ireland: their views on substance use aetiology, trajectory, parents’ role in substance use and coping skills

Darker

Palmer²,

O’Reilly

et al. 2014

Ir. j. psychol. Med.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

“…Similar to the existing literature in which adolescents report peers playing a role in their substance use, participants gave accounts of how their peers were influential at the initial stage of their use (Green et al 2013). The theme 'Bravado' conveyed substance use as a means of gaining social standing and esteem among peers.…”

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confidence: 95%

Young people in drug treatment in Ireland: their views on substance use aetiology, trajectory, parents’ role in substance use and coping skills

Darker

Palmer²,

O’Reilly

et al. 2014

Ir. j. psychol. Med.

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“…Most studies provided multiple interventions but did not evaluate the efficacy of all of these, thereby restricting the attribution of improved outcomes to a specific intervention. Studies were grouped according to focus of the intervention as (1) individual [ 20 – 26 , 29 – 41 ]; (2) family [ 20 , 22 , 25 – 28 ]; (3) organisational [ 20 – 22 , 25 – 28 , 34 , 39 , 40 ] and (4) multiple interventions [ 20 – 22 , 25 , 26 , 35 , 40 ]. The following interventions were reported as producing effective therapeutic outcomes with further details of all studies provided in Table 1 .…”

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confidence: 99%

“…An observational study in a residential therapeutic community found individually tailored recreation, art therapy and vocational education to be more effective than journaling and encounter groups [ 35 ]. Validating relationships with family, peers and service providers was found to be the key to the success of a service that provided a range of interventions in residential, day and outreach programs [ 40 ]. A study in a residential Koori youth rehabilitation (healing) service providing individual, family, group and community aftercare services found these interventions resulted in increased safety, pride in culture, and improvements in relationships and emotional regulation.…”

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Effective therapeutic interventions for Australian adolescents using alcohol and/or other drugs: a scoping review

Martin

Liddell

Roberts

et al. 2020

Int J Ment Health Syst

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Background There are a variety of residential and community service models of therapeutic interventions for people using substances. The focus of much of the currently available research is on adult populations with relatively little known about effective therapeutic interventions for adolescents. The aim of this paper is to identify the most effective therapeutic interventions for Australian adolescents using substances by conducting a systematic scoping literature review. Methods We followed the PRISMA guidelines to conduct a systematic scoping review that included searches of nine electronic databases (EMBASE, MEDLINE, EBSCO Host, APA PsycNet, SocIndex, Social Science Abstracts, Proquest Central Informit) and grey literature searches of government department and alcohol and other drugs peak body and service provider websites, Google Scholar and the Cochrane library. Results A total of 21 studies were identified. These studies included biological, psychological, social and technological therapeutic interventions targeted at different population groups and different substances. The review findings are limited and should considered with caution due to the inability to disaggregate the combinations of interventions provided and the low quality of most of the studies included. Conclusions This scoping review highlights the paucity of quality research on effective therapeutic interventions for Australian adolescents using substances. This is primarily due to the available studies not controlling for all of the therapeutic interventions provided. While there is an evidence-base for some of these interventions, others such as encounter groups and journaling require further and more substantive research for use with adolescents. This is necessary to enable informed service design and delivery decision-making and fiscal accountability.

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“…To date, there has been relatively little research either on the nature of peer‐to‐peer relationships within adult residential treatment or on how those relationships are generative of either social capital or positive behaviour changes; thus, we lack important insights into how the community acts as “method” (De Leon, ; Green, Mitchell, & Bruun, ). Instead, studies have tended to focus on relationships between residents and staff; generally reporting that residents with better coping strategies, social support and a secure attachment style are more likely to develop good alliances with their counsellors (Cournoyer, Brochu, Landry, & Bergeron, ; Meier, Barrowclough, & Donmall, ; Meier, Donmall, McElduff, Barrowclough, & Heller, ).…”

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Qualitative exploration of relationships between peers in residential addiction treatment

Neale

Tompkins

Strang

2017

Health Soc Care Community

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Relationships between peers are often considered central to the therapeutic process, yet there is relatively little empirical research either on the nature of peer-to-peer relationships within residential treatment or on how those relationships generate positive behaviour change or facilitate recovery. In this paper, we explore relationships between peers in residential addiction treatment, drawing upon the concept of social capital to frame our analyses. Our study was undertaken during 2015 and 2016 in two English residential treatment services using the same therapeutic community-informed model of treatment. We conducted 22 in-depth interviews with 13 current and 9 former service residents. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, coded in MAXQDA, and analysed using Iterative Categorisation. Residents reported difficult relationship histories and limited social networks on entry into treatment. Once in treatment, few residents described bonding with their peers on the basis of shared experiences and lifestyles. Instead, interpersonal differences polarised residents in ways that undermined their social capital further. Some senior peers who had been in residential treatment longer acted as positive role models, but many modelled negative behaviours that undermined others' commitment to treatment. Relationships between peers could generate feelings of comfort and connectedness, and friendships developed when residents found things in common with each other. However, residents more often reported isolation, loneliness, wariness, bullying, manipulation, intimidation, social distancing, tensions and conflict. Overall, relationships between peers within residential treatment seemed to generate some positive but more negative social capital; undermining the notion of the community as a method of positive behaviour change. With the caveat that our data have limitations and further research is needed, we suggest that residential treatment providers should more routinely open the "black box" of "community as method" to consider the complex and dynamic nature of the relationships and social capital inside.

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Bonds and bridges: perspectives of service-engaged young people on the value of relationships in addressing alcohol and other drug issues

Cited by 12 publications

References 47 publications

Young people in drug treatment in Ireland: their views on substance use aetiology, trajectory, parents’ role in substance use and coping skills

Young people in drug treatment in Ireland: their views on substance use aetiology, trajectory, parents’ role in substance use and coping skills

Effective therapeutic interventions for Australian adolescents using alcohol and/or other drugs: a scoping review

Qualitative exploration of relationships between peers in residential addiction treatment

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