title: Personal networks of women in residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment.
abstract: This study compared compositional, social support, and structural characteristics of personal networks among women in residential (RT) and intensive outpatient (IOP) substance abuse treatment. The study sample included 377 women from inner-city substance use disorder treatment facilities. Respondents were asked about 25 personal network members known within the past 6 months, characteristics of each (relationship, substance use, types of support), and relationships between each network member. Differences between RT women and IOP women in personal network characteristics were identified using Chi-square andt-tests. Compared to IOP women, RT women had more substance users in their networks, more network members with whom they had used substances and fewer network members who provided social support. These findings suggest that women in residential treatment have specific network characteristics, not experienced by women in IOP, which may make them more vulnerable to relapse; they may therefore require interventions that target these specific network characteristics in order to reduce their vulnerability to relapse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Welfare, Dongguk University, Gyeongju-si, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: HyunSoo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tracy
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Gyeonggido Family & Women's Research Institute, Gyeonggido, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: MinKyoung
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.affiliation: The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Hyunyong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Meeyoung
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Min
authors.affiliation: Survey Research Center, University of Florida, Gainsville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McCarty
keywords: Personal networks; substance abuse treatment; women and addiction