Helping you helps me: Giving and receiving social support in recovery groups for problem gamblers.

Hutchison, Paul; Cox, Sharon; Frings, Daniel

doi:10.1037/gdn0000090

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“…Within the addiction domain, active mutual aid group involvement has been shown to be related to positive recovery in a number of studies (Hutchison et al, 2018;Kelly et al, 2010;McKellar et al, 2003;Montgomery et al, 1995;Tappin et al, 2015). Involvement has been classed in these studies as activities such as attending meetings, helping others (including acting as a sponsor), supporting the functioning of the group (for instance, setting up rooms before meetings) or undertaking leadership roles.…”

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New converts and seasoned campaigners: the role of social identity at different stages in the addiction recovery journey

Frings

Wood

Albery

2021

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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Social identities associated with recovery are protective of relapse from addiction. How such identities develop and differentially link to outcomes at different points of the recovery journey and across multiple recovery attempts is relatively unknown. The current study utilised a pre-existing cross-sectional dataset (n ¼ 237 Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) members, 50% male, 49.4% female and 0.6% female-tomale, aged between 19 and 71 years) to explore these issues. Relationships between AA identity, quit efficacy (a proxy for recovery maintenance) and AA meeting attendance (over the last month) were tested. The moderating effects of length of AA attendance during the current recovery episode and first vs. subsequent quit attempts on the identity-efficacy link were also tested. Levels of social identity were stable amongst those in the early in their current recovery through to those who have more experience, but the relationships between identity and efficacy differed. While those early on in their current AA attendance showed a positive relationship between identities and frequency of attending meetings, those with more long-standing attendance reported social identification unrelated to involvement. Our results suggest that social identities may be particularly protective for those who are on their first quit, suggesting recovery formation and transition may be a priority.

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New converts and seasoned campaigners: the role of social identity at different stages in the addiction recovery journey

Frings

Wood

Albery

2021

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

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“…For example, Cruwys et al (2014) found that identification with a community recreation group and a psychotherapy group predicted recovery from depression. Along similar lines, Hutchison, Cox and Frings (2018) found that identification with a mutual-aid fellowship group predicted important recovery-related outcomes in problem gamblers (e.g., recovery self-efficacy and reduced risk of relapse).…”

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Social Inclusion and the Role of Psychologists

Hutchison¹,

Ewens²

2021

Handbook of Social Inclusion

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This chapter provides an overview of theory and research on the psychology of social inclusion and exclusion, and, in particular, the impact that being socially included or excluded can have on physical health and psychological well-being. It is not an exhaustive overview, nor is it intended to be. Instead, discussion is limited to two recent and inter-related lines of theory and research with demonstrated potential to inform policy and practice. The chapter begins with an overview of a series of laboratory-based experiments showing how even a relatively trivial and short-lived experience of social exclusion can have a profound negative impact on psychological functioning and well-being. The focus then shifts to an emerging body of social psychological research demonstrating the positive psychological and health-related consequences of belonging to, identifying with, and feeling included in important and valued social groups. This is followed by a discussion of some practical implications arising from these and other lines of social psychological theory and research for strategies aimed at mitigating the potentially harmful effects of social exclusion and harnessing the potentially beneficial effects of social inclusion.

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“…The self-help groups may serve an important function in this regard, as lack of social support is associated with more severe gambling problems, worse prognosis, and less motivation for change (Gomes & Pascual-Leone, 2009;Petry & Weiss, 2009). Indeed, providing and receiving social support have been found to be associated with increased self-efficacy in maintaining abstinence and coping with perceived risky situations among Gamblers Anonymous members (Hutchison, Cox, & Frings, 2018). More broadly and taken together, the relational experiences reported by the participants may be understood as reflective of group cohesion, a construct which group psychotherapy research shows to be reliably associated with symptom reduction and better interpersonal functioning (Burlingame, McClendon, & Alonso, 2011).…”

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Gambling Addiction Norway – experiences among members of a Norwegian self-help group for problem gambling

Syvertsen

Erevik

Mentzoni

et al. 2020

International Gambling Studies

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Most previous studies on self-help groups for problem gambling have been conducted in the US and Canada involving Gamblers Anonymous. We report findings from an interview study with an phenomenological approach comprising nine participants from two Gambling Addiction Norway self-help groups, thus examining another location and type of self-help group. Gambling Addiction Norway is atheoretical, the groups and their work are not based on specific beliefs or strategies for recovery. Participants met the criteria for current (n = 4) or life-time (n = 5) Gambling Disorder (GD). Thematic analysis was used to investigate how group processes were experienced. Three themes were identified. The first theme 'Shared narratives and understanding' included accounts of relatedness, understanding, hope of recovery, and socially rewarding experiences. The second theme 'Keeping it relevant to problem gambling' included accounts of disagreements over meeting structure, contemplation and realization of one's gambling problem and gambling-related content. The final theme 'Changes over time' included accounts of starting in the group, reduction of gambling urges among people with current GD and relapse prevention among people with life-time GD. Results are interpreted in light of established theories of self-help groups and suggest that common therapeutic factors operate across various types of self-help groups for problem gambling. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Helping you helps me: Giving and receiving social support in recovery groups for problem gamblers.

Cited by 15 publications

References 60 publications

New converts and seasoned campaigners: the role of social identity at different stages in the addiction recovery journey

New converts and seasoned campaigners: the role of social identity at different stages in the addiction recovery journey

Social Inclusion and the Role of Psychologists

Gambling Addiction Norway – experiences among members of a Norwegian self-help group for problem gambling

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