Can Measurement of Recovery Be Supportive of Recovery?
2022-04-08
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Can Measurement of Recovery Be Supportive of Recovery?
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2022-04-08
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Recently, the field has shifted to define addiction recovery not by abstinence but by improvement in well-being. However, there is little research on the impact of measuring well-being. This poster presents a thematic analysis of control-group interviews derived from a randomized controlled trial of Positive Peer Journaling (PPJ), an intervention designed to increase well-being and reduce relapse in early recovery. The control group (n = 39, 52% female, average 39 years old, 63% with income <$15,000, 26% BIPOC, 43% with a legal issue, and 95% with history of trauma) completed daily questionnaires over 1 month. These questionnaires included the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Commitment to Sobriety Scale, as well as single-item questions, such as: “In the last 24 hours I did something to help another person in recovery.” Qualitative thematic analyses showed that the survey alone created improvement in cognition, affect, and behavior; for example, the questionnaires encouraged participants to reflect on the past 24 hours, experience a deeper sense of gratitude, and reach out to others in recovery. The discovery that survey questions might support well-being during recovery is of critical importance. If recovery-oriented survey questions foster improvement in cognition, affect and behavior, they can be leveraged as an easily scalable intervention that can support recovery efforts.
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This poster was presented at the Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction Annual Meeting in Portland OR on April 8, 2022 and at the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Research Day in Minneapolis MN on March 24, 2022.
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This research was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Grant UL1TR002494; USDA National Institute of Food & Agriculture, Hatch Project under Grants MN 55 072 and MN 55 064; Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station under Grant MIN 55 056; and the Office of the Vice President for Research at the University of Minnesota Gran t in Aid under Grant 142588. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
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Horgos, Bonnie M; Lowery, Channel L; Krentzman, Amy R. (2022). Can Measurement of Recovery Be Supportive of Recovery?. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/226922.
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