Who stays in addiction treatment groups? Anxiety and avoidant attachment styles predict treatment retention and relapse

Marshall, Susan; Albery, Ian P.; Frings, Daniel

doi:10.1002/cpp.2187

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“…This study provides evidence to support previous research that argued for the existence of negative outcomes from problematic SNS use (Kraut et al, 1998). The current findings fit with the assumption that avoidantly-attached individuals could be more likely to use social media more abundantly to alleviate feelings of loneliness (Bessi ere et al, 2008), counteracting assumptions that social connectedness is not desired by avoidantly-attached individuals due to fear of disclosure and feeling undeserving (see Marshall et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 85%

Attachment style moderates the relationship between social media use and user mental health and wellbeing

Young

Kolubinski

Frings

2020

Heliyon

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Background: Past research has correlated social media use with a variety of mental health outcomesboth positive and negative. The current study aims to explore two possible moderators of the link between social media use and mental health outcomes; specifically, the effects of having an anxious and/or avoidant attachment style. Method: A cross-sectional correlational design was implemented. Participants (n ¼ 124). aged 18 years completed scales measuring experiences in close relationships, general problematic Internet use, psychological wellbeing and satisfaction with life. Results: Negative relationships between problematic social media use and both psychological wellbeing and life satisfaction were observed. For psychological wellbeing, the relationship was strongest amongst individuals who were low in avoidant attachment and high in anxious attachment. Discussion: These results suggest that attachment style impacts the extent that social media affects user mental health and wellbeing; partly explaining paradoxical results in previous research. Conclusion:We suggest that individuals who are high in anxious attachment and low in attachment avoidance may be more susceptible to negative outcomes arising from problematic SNS use.

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Section: Theoretical and Practical Implicationssupporting

confidence: 85%

Attachment style moderates the relationship between social media use and user mental health and wellbeing

Young

Kolubinski

Frings

2020

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“…It is also possible that self-selection biases in treatment choice might have also influenced study findings. Recent research shows that attachment styles might predispose people towards particular forms of treatment, making them more likely to engage with others in that particular treatment context (Marshall, Albery, & Frings, 2018). The implication for the present study is that individual differences might be a factor in people's readiness to engage with others in the treatment community.…”

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confidence: 67%

Social group membership before treatment for substance dependence predicts early identification and engagement with treatment communities

Haslam

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Dingle

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Addiction Research & Theory

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Social relationships play a major role in recovery from substance dependence. To date, greater attention has been paid to the role of important individuals in a person's life and their contribution to recovery following treatment. This study is the first to examine both individual and wider group-based social connections in the lead up to residential treatment for substance misuse in a therapeutic community (TC), and their influence both on a person's readiness to engage with the treatment community and with a recovery pathway. Participants were 307 adults interviewed early in treatment about their individual-and group-based social relationships prior to treatment entry, their social identification with the TC, as 'a user' and a person 'in recovery', their current recovery capital and quality of life. Correlational analysis showed that only pre-treatment group-based, and not individual, relationships, were significantly associated with developing social identification with the TC early in treatment. Moreover, results of hierarchical regression analyses indicated that identification with the TC was best predicted by the extent to which they saw themselves as being in recovery. Finally, mediation analysis indicated that TC identification was the mechanism through which social group memberships prior to treatment commencement protected quality of life in the early phases of treatment. These findings highlight the protective role that group memberships play in building early identification with the TC and supporting well-being in a critical period of transitioning to treatment.

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“…Despite a wide range of work supporting SIMCM, and the role of identity in addiction recovery more generally, less is known how social identification with groups such as AA change over timeparticularly during important transitions in the recovery journey, such as initial engagement with groups, or the period around lapses or relapses (a limited duration or consistent return to drinking behaviours respectivelyboth common features of the recovery process - Scott et al, 2005). Understanding such changes may provide insight into why not all individuals continue to attend group sessions (important as lower attendance is linked with poorer outcomes; Gossop et al, 2003;Marshall et al, 2018) and why long term outcomes in extended addiction recovery vary between individuals.…”

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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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Who stays in addiction treatment groups? Anxiety and avoidant attachment styles predict treatment retention and relapse

Cited by 15 publications

References 44 publications

Attachment style moderates the relationship between social media use and user mental health and wellbeing

Attachment style moderates the relationship between social media use and user mental health and wellbeing

Social group membership before treatment for substance dependence predicts early identification and engagement with treatment communities

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

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