Sense of Community within Oxford House Recovery Housing: Impact of Resident Age and Income

Graham, Benjamin C.; Jason, Leonard A.; Ferrari, Juliane Felipe

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“…Graham and colleagues (2009) found that houses with greater age and income differences among members had higher levels of house harmony. In addition to house harmony, reciprocal responsibility, or mutual support among house members, may influence the success of Oxford House members.…”

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“…They proposed that three factors reflect sense of community for persons residing in recovery facilities: mission, reciprocal responsibility, and disharmony. Mission refers to the shared goals and ideals by group members; reciprocal responsibility refers to shared responsibilities and mutual support; and disharmony refers to discord among group members (Bishop et al, 1997; Graham, Jason, Ferrari & Davis, 2009). …”

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“…For individuals in recovery, sense of community has been researched in sober living environments; however, the relationship between sense of community and self-efficacy has not been studied (Bishop et al, 1997; Curtis, Jason, Olson & Ferrari, 2005; d’Arlach, Olson, Jason & Ferrari, 2006; Graham et al, 2009; Olson et al, 2003). Hill (1996) recommended that research with the sense of community construct move beyond the individual level of analysis and be analyzed as a group level characteristic to better capture possible environmental effects.…”

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Self-Efficacy, Self-Esteem, and Sense of Community Among Adults Recovering from Substance Abuse

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Mueller³

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Previous researchers found that abstinence-specific self-efficacy has been predictive of the likelihood of relapse for individuals in recovery from substance abuse. Oxford Houses are sober living homes that provide mutual support and are resident funded and operated. The relationships between house level sense of community and abstinence-specific self-efficacy were examined in the present study with a sample of 754 adults living in 139 Oxford Houses nationwide in a multilevel model. A significant positive relationship between house level sense of community and self-efficacy was observed. These findings have both research and therapeutic implications.

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“…Thus, subjects whose personal networks are excessively endogamous are likely to experience a greater sense of belonging to the community. This occurs because homogeneity in personal networks increases perceived social cohesion (i.e., Guerrero & Finke, 2017) and this, in turn, influences the attachment that members feel toward the community (Graham, Jason, & Ferrari, 2014). The other side of the coin is evident in the argument proposed by Neal and Neal (2014), which shows the difficulty of simultaneously maximizing the compositional diversity of the networks and PSoC.…”

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Sense of community, psychological empowerment, and relational structure at the individual and organizational levels: Evidence from a multicase study

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Palacio

Uribe

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The aim of this study was to determine the associations among psychological sense of community (PSoC), psychological empowerment (PE), and relational structure with indicators of centrality and cohesion in egocentric and sociocentric networks when analyzed at different levels. A multicase analysis was used (four developed in Colombia and one in Spain) in which 458 people participated in five studies conducted in organizational and community contexts of vulnerable urban and rural areas. The results suggest that PSoC and PE are intertwined processes whose association is accentuated in organizational contexts. However, the relationships between relational context and PSoC and PE vary notably depending on (a) the type of relationship evaluated, (b) the focus of the study (individual/egocentric vs. group/sociocentric) and the type of indicator used to assess the relational context (centrality vs. structural cohesion). Findings are discussed to understand the role that social bonds play in the development of PSoC and in the ability of subjects to empower themselves in different contexts.

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“…A house mean was calculated for house-level analyses (Graham, Jason, Ferrari, & Davis, 2009). We used this as an internal measure of factor 2 (Residents).…”

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Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Self-Run Recovery Homes in the United States

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Aase³

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This study examined the sustainability rates of 214 self-run substance abuse recovery homes called Oxford Houses (OHs) over a six-year period. We list five factors needed to sustain an OH: affordable housing, residents following OH principles, resident income, institutional support, and community support. Results indicated a high sustainability rate (86.9%) in which 186 OHs remained open and 28 OHs closed. Reasons for houses closing (N = 14) included lack of affordable housing, which we classified as an external factor. Houses that closed because of internal factors (N = 13) included residents who were unable to adhere to OH rules, and insufficient income of residents. No house-level differences for income, sense of community, average lengths of stay, house age, or neighborhood characteristics were found between the houses that closed versus houses that remained open. Because the OH system relies on residents to sustain individual houses located in ordinary residential neighborhoods, these findings suggest that OH sustainability depends on locale, primarily access to affordable housing and adequate job opportunities for residents.

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Sense of Community within Oxford House Recovery Housing: Impact of Resident Age and Income

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Self-Efficacy, Self-Esteem, and Sense of Community Among Adults Recovering from Substance Abuse

Self-Efficacy, Self-Esteem, and Sense of Community Among Adults Recovering from Substance Abuse

Sense of community, psychological empowerment, and relational structure at the individual and organizational levels: Evidence from a multicase study

Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Self-Run Recovery Homes in the United States

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