title: Interpersonal Climate of 12-step Groups Predicts Reductions in Alcohol Use.
abstract: Research has shown that increases in the size of abstinence-based social networks helps explain the association between 12-step attendance and increased abstinence. This study investigated whether the quality of social interaction in 12-step groups also predicts reduced substance use. Participants reported their perceptions of engagedness, avoidance, and conflict in their 12-step groups and their substance use in four assessments. Results showed that perceptions of group engagedness, but not avoidance or conflict, decreased over time. Despite this, engagedness predicted increased 12-step-related behavior and decreased alcohol use. Findings suggest that positive group interaction plays an important role in 12-step affiliates' recovery efforts.
authors.affiliation: Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions, 2650 Yale S.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87106.
authors.forename: Kristina N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Rynes
authors.forename: J Scott
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Tonigan
authors.forename: Samara L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Rice
keywords: 12-step; Alcoholics Anonymous; abstinence-based social network; group climate
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