The value of engagement with online recovery communities for structurally vulnerable women in recovery from alcohol misuse.

本项目的目的是证明，参与在线康复社区对戒酒和戒毒人员产生的价值，包括康复资本、身心健康、生活质量、戒断、就业和住房。我提出了一种定性的、网络学的方法，以社会认同理论为框架，从恢复资本的不同领域出发，探索与这些社区接触对从酒精滥用中恢复的结构上脆弱的妇女的价值。该项目还将探索可能影响与这些社区接触的因素，包括在线社会支持如何适合个人和不同妇女群体的康复途径。该项目的最后一部分将研究收集到的信息如何有助于发展以康复为导向的在线支持模式，这种模式有可能作为一种独立的治疗选择，或成为离开住院治疗的人转诊途径的一部分。

The aim of this project, as applied for, is to demonstrate the value that engagement with online recovery communities generates for people in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction in terms of outcomes that include recovery capital, physical and psychological health, quality of life, abstinence, employment and housing. I propose a qualitative, netnographic approach to explore the value of engagement with such communities for structurally vulnerable women in recovery from alcohol misuse, in terms of the different domains of recovery capital, using social identity theory as a framework. The project will also explore the factors that might affect engagement with such communities including where online social support fits into the recovery pathways of individuals and different groups of women. The final part of the project will look at how the information gathered might contribute to the development of a recovery-oriented model of online support that has the potential to serve as a standalone therapeutic option or form part of the referral pathway for people leaving residential treatment.