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A Survival Analysis of Communal‐Living, Self‐Help, Addiction Recovery Participants
Author(s) -
Bishop Peter D.,
Jason Leonard A.,
Ferrari Joseph R.,
Huang Cheng-Fang
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1023/a:1022241712065
Subject(s) - residence , health psychology , addiction , pessimism , psychology , demography , gerontology , duration (music) , public health , medicine , psychiatry , sociology , art , philosophy , nursing , literature , epistemology
We examined individual and group characteristics associated with the duration of community involvement (i.e., length of residence) in 11 Illinois Oxford Houses for 129 male recovering addicts. Survival analyses indicated that the best predictor of duration of community involvement from demographic items was age (i.e., older age and older age of fellow residents were associated with being more likely to continue residence). Among psychological measures, the best survival predictor was lack of pessimism of the future. Although the relationship between longer length of residence and treatment outcomes are complex, because it is often difficult to keep people involved in treatment programs, knowledge that we can gain about those factors that might lead to greater lengths of stay are of importance.