Meeting-makers make meaning: alcoholics anonymous participation and personal meaningfulness.

IF 2.1 4区 医学 Q3 SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Benjamin L Thompson, Nasim Maleki, John F Kelly, Marlene Oscar-Berman
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Abstract

Aims: The central aim of this study was to determine whether intentional, voluntary alcoholics anonymous (AA) participation showed any independent association with affect, over and above that which has been observed in association with other recovery-related behaviors, such as abstinence, among individuals with a history of alcohol use disorder. Additionally, we sought to determine the nature of the affective changes associated with specific dimensions of AA participation (i.e. meeting  attendance, fellowship  involvement, 12-step  work).

Methods: Thirty abstinent alcohol use disorder individuals were recruited and evaluated. Multivariate linear regressions were used to examine associations between dimensions of AA participation, measured using the Multidimensional Mutual-Help Assessment Scale and standardized measures of affective experiences, including the Profile of Mood States, Subjective Happiness Scale, and the Twelve Promises Scale.

Results and conclusions: Increase in AA participation was associated with higher positive affective experiences. These associations were observed independently with AA meeting  attendance and fellowship  involvement, but not 12-step work. This study's findings suggest that greater AA meeting  attendance and fellowship  involvement are correlated with enhancements in the meta-emotional experience of personal meaningfulness. This study extends evidence on AA-related changes by considering affective improvements as a primary clinical outcome, thereby laying the foundation for subsequent, more comprehensive research into the relationship between dimensions of AA participation and recovery-related affective changes.

聚会者创造意义:匿名酗酒者的参与和个人意义。
目的:本研究的主要目的是确定,在有酒精使用障碍史的人中,有意、自愿参加匿名戒酒会(AA)是否与情感有任何独立的联系,而不只是与其他与康复相关的行为(如戒酒)有联系。此外,我们还试图确定与参加戒酒互助会的特定方面(即参加会议、参与团契、12步工作)相关的情感变化的性质:方法:招募并评估了 30 名戒酒障碍患者。采用多变量线性回归法研究戒酒互助会参与度(使用多维互助评估量表进行测量)与情感体验标准化测量(包括情绪状态概况、主观幸福感量表和十二项承诺量表)之间的关联:参加戒酒会人数的增加与积极情绪体验的增加有关。观察到的这些关联与参加戒酒互助会和团契活动无关,但与 12 步工作无关。这项研究的结果表明,更多地参加戒酒互助会和参与团契活动与个人意义的元情感体验的增强有关。本研究将情感改善作为主要的临床结果,从而扩展了戒酒相关变化的证据,为后续更全面地研究戒酒会参与度与康复相关情感变化之间的关系奠定了基础。
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Alcohol and alcoholism
Alcohol and alcoholism 医学-药物滥用
CiteScore
4.70
自引率
3.60%
发文量
62
审稿时长
4-8 weeks
期刊介绍: About the Journal Alcohol and Alcoholism publishes papers on the biomedical, psychological, and sociological aspects of alcoholism and alcohol research, provided that they make a new and significant contribution to knowledge in the field. Papers include new results obtained experimentally, descriptions of new experimental (including clinical) methods of importance to the field of alcohol research and treatment, or new interpretations of existing results. Theoretical contributions are considered equally with papers dealing with experimental work provided that such theoretical contributions are not of a largely speculative or philosophical nature.
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