Digital Recovery Management: Characterizing Recovery-Specific Social Network Site Participation and Perceived Benefit
Digital Recovery Management: Characterizing Recovery-Specific Social Network Site Participation and Perceived Benefit
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DOI：
10.1037/adb0000255
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发表时间：
2017-06-01
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Kelly, John F.
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作者：
Bergman, Brandon G.;Kelly, Nathaniel W.;Kelly, John F.
研究表明，数字社交网站（SNS）可能是影响健康行为改变的有价值的平台。关于他们帮助解决酒精和其他毒品问题的能力，人们知之甚少。这个差距是值得注意的，因为个人已经参与了现有的、特定于恢复的SNS（以下称为恢复SNS）：具有传统SNS功能的在线社区（例如，Facebook），专注于物质使用障碍（SUD）的恢复。例如，InTheRooms。com（ITR）是一个大型的，著名的恢复SNS，可通过网站和移动的智能手机应用程序免费24小时/天.它在数字社交环境中为超过430，000名注册用户提供恢复工具。为了增加恢复SNS平台的知识基础，我们对123名ITR参与者进行了在线调查（M = 50.8岁; 56.9%为女性; 93.5%为白色; M = 7.3年禁欲，范围为0-30年; 65%将酒精作为其主要物质）。受访者平均每周数次参与ITR约30分钟/天。每日冥想提示和在线视频会议是最常用的资源。与会者普遍赞同ITR是一个有用的平台，特别是在提高禁欲/康复动机和自我效能方面。与禁欲1年或以上的个体相比，禁欲少于1年的个体（包括非禁欲个体）参与ITR活动的比例相似，感知获益水平相似。我们的研究结果表明，纵向研究是必要的，以检查临床效用的ITR和其他恢复SNSs SUD的治疗和/或恢复自我管理工具。
Research shows that digital social network sites (SNSs) may be valuable platforms to effect health behavior change. Little is known specifically about their ability to help address alcohol and other drug problems. This gap is noteworthy, given that individuals are already participating in existing, recovery-specific SNSs (hereafter referred to as recovery SNSs): online communities with the functionality of conventional SNSs (e.g., Facebook) that focus on substance use disorder (SUD) recovery. For example, InTheRooms. com (ITR) is a large, well-known recovery SNS that is available for free 24 hr/day via website and mobile smartphone applications. It offers recovery tools within a digital social milieu for over 430,000 registered users. To augment the knowledge base on recovery SNS platforms, we conducted an online survey of 123 ITR participants (M = 50.8 years old; 56.9% female; 93.5% White; M = 7.3 years of abstinence, range of 0-30 years; 65% cited alcohol as their primary substance). Respondents engaged with ITR, on average, for about 30 min/day several times each week. Daily meditation prompts and live online video meetings were the most commonly utilized resources. Participants generally endorsed ITR as a helpful platform, particularly with respect to increased abstinence/recovery motivation and self-efficacy. Compared to individuals abstinent for 1 or more years, those abstinent less than 1 year (including nonabstinent individuals) showed similar rates of engagement with ITR activities and similar levels of perceived benefit. Our findings suggest that longitudinal studies are warranted to examine the clinical utility of ITR and other recovery SNSs as SUD treatment adjuncts and/or recovery selfmanagement tools.