Emerging Adults, Mutual-Help Organizations, and Addiction Recovery

2017 ◽  
pp. 167-195
Author(s):  
Brandon G. Bergman ◽  
John F. Kelly ◽  
Nilofar Fallah-Sohy ◽  
Sarah Makhani
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Addiction Recovery ◽  
Opioid Agonist ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Recovery Support ◽  
Cost Efficient

A body of literature has shown that free, widely available mutual-help organizations (MHOs), such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), offer cost-efficient community-based sources of recovery support for individuals with substance use disorder (SUD). Emerging adults (18–29 years old) are a prevalent group of individuals in the SUD treatment system who present unique challenges and typically have poorer outcomes than those of older adults (e.g., 30+ years). Given the need to identify low-cost strategies that can help destabilize the course of SUD for emerging adults, this chapter reviews the extent to which emerging adults participate in MHOs and the degree to which they benefit from participation in MHOs. The chapter also outlines the mechanisms through which MHO participation promotes better outcomes and the factors that influence emerging adults’ MHO participation and participation-related benefit. The chapter then highlights opportunities for timely but as-of-yet untapped targets for emerging adult recovery-related research, such as the intersection between MHO participation and opioid agonist treatment.

Facilitators, Friends, or the Formerly Afflicted?

2017 ◽  
pp. 147-166
Author(s):  
Douglas C. Smith ◽  
Frank J. Schwebel ◽  
Mary E. Larimer
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Additional Research ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
Recovery Support

Despite the growing interest in integrating peers into emerging adults’ substance use interventions, limited related research is available. Issues of conceptual clarity also remain regarding the integration of peers into interventions based on three distinct approaches used in the field. First, peers could refer to individuals with similar backgrounds who are facilitating an intervention (i.e., peer-delivered). Second, peers could be friends who are invited to participate in an emerging adult target client’s intervention (i.e., peer-enhanced). Finally, peers could represent individuals who formerly suffered from substance use disorder and are currently running peer recovery support-based treatments (i.e., peer recovery support). This chapter provides a review of research with these three types of peer constituencies and proposes language conventions to better identify who comprises a peer in an emerging adult substance use intervention. Based on the promising findings, additional research is recommended for all three models that integrates peers into emerging adults’ treatment episodes.

Factors associated with initiation of community‐based therapy for emerging adults with mood and anxiety disorders

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hailey Saunders ◽  
Elizabeth Osuch ◽  
Kelly Anderson ◽  
Janet Martin ◽  
Abraham Kunnilathu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anxiety Disorders ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Mood And Anxiety Disorders

Emerging Adult Report of Childhood Maltreatment and Related Facets of Impulsivity

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052199795
Author(s):  
Mary Moussa Rogers ◽  
Erica Szkody ◽  
Cliff McKinney
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Adult Child ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Negative Urgency ◽  
Child Gender ◽  
Emotional Maltreatment ◽  
Gender Dyads ◽  
Physical Maltreatment

Childhood maltreatment is related to a host of outcomes, many of which may be partially explained by the transdiagnostic factor of impulsivity. The research linking maltreatment to impulsivity is well supported. However, research differentiating between emotional and physical maltreatment and impulsivity is lacking, particularly with regard to facets of trait impulsivity. Thus, the current study examined the links between childhood emotional and physical maltreatment and current impulsivity traits of positive and negative urgency, lack of perseverance, lack of premeditation, and sensation seeking in emerging adults. Furthermore, effects of maltreatment are known to differ by the gender of the parent and the gender of the child. Thus, differences between parent-emerging adult child gender dyads were also examined. Results suggested both physical and emotional maltreatment were associated with negative urgency across the parent–child gender dyads. Emotional maltreatment and physical maltreatment differed in relation to impulsivity facet across parent and child gender. Results contribute to a knowledge base to use in future exploration of emotional and physical maltreatment outcomes and targets of intervention.

scholarly journals Are perceptions of grandparenthood related to family and life satisfaction? A study with emerging adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 026540752098115
Author(s):  
Isabel Miguel ◽  
Alexandra M. Araújo ◽  
Sandra Fernandes ◽  
Luísa Carneiro ◽  
Paula Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Family Satisfaction ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Adult Grandchildren

Given the crucial role that grandparents play in the upbringing and well-being of their grandchildren, research regarding the perceived importance of grandparents for their emerging adult grandchildren is of particular relevance. This study examined the relations between perceived grandparents’ roles and family and life satisfaction in Portuguese emerging adults. Participants (N = 387), aged 18–25, completed a structured self-report questionnaire. Findings of structural equation modeling showed that emerging adults’ perceptions of grandparental roles of counselor, enjoying the relationship, and indulgence are positively related to their family and life satisfaction. The mediation analysis showed that family satisfaction mediated the relation between perceptions of grandparents acting as counselors and the life satisfaction of emerging adult grandchildren. Implications of family relationships and grandparenting in the context of emerging adulthood are discussed.

Pedometer-Determined Step-Count Guidelines for Afterschool Programs

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Beets ◽  
Aaron Beighle ◽  
Matteo Bottai ◽  
Laura Rooney ◽  
Fallon Tilley
Keyword(s):  
Operating Characteristic ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Area Under The Curve ◽  
High Specificity ◽  
Step Count ◽  
Afterschool Programs ◽  
Policy Goal ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Random Intercept

Background:Policies to require afterschool programs (ASPs, 3 PM to 6 PM) to provide children a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) exist. With few low-cost, easy-to-use measures of MVPA available to the general public, ASP providers are limited in their ability to track progress toward achieving this policy-goal. Pedometers may fill this gap, yet there are no step-count guidelines for ASPs linked to 30 minutes of MVPA.Methods:Steps and accelerometer estimates of MVPA were collected concurrently over multiple days on 245 children (8.2 years, 48% boys, BMI-percentile 68.2) attending 3 community-based ASPs. Random intercept logit models and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses were used to identify a threshold of steps that corresponded with attaining 30 minutes of MVPA.Results:Children accumulated an average of 2876 steps (standard error [SE] 79) and 16.1 minutes (SE0.5) of MVPA over 111 minutes (SE1.3) during the ASP. A threshold of 4600 steps provided high specificity (0.967) and adequate sensitivity (0.646) for discriminating children who achieved the 30 minutes of MVPA; 93% of the children were correctly classified. The total area under the curve was 0.919. Children accumulating 4600 steps were 25times more likely to accumulate 30 minutes of MVPA.Conclusions:This step threshold will provide ASP leaders with an objective, low-cost, easy-to-use tool to monitor progress toward policy-related goals.

Fabrication of hydrophobic NiFe2O4@poly(DVB-LMA) sponge via Pickering emulsion template method for oil/water separation

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caimei Zhao ◽  
Lei Chen ◽  
Chuanming Yu ◽  
Binghua Hu ◽  
Haoxuan Huang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Spills ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Pickering Emulsion ◽  
Template Method ◽  
Water Separation ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Oil Water Separation ◽  
Oil Water ◽  
Cost Efficient

Super-hydrophobic porous absorbent is a convenient, low-cost, efficient and environment-friendly material in the treatment of oil spills. In this work, a simple Pickering emulsion template method was employed to fabricate...

Improved Rapid Magnitude Estimation for a Community‐Based, Low‐Cost MEMS Accelerometer Network

2015 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 1314-1323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela I. Chung ◽  
Elizabeth S. Cochran ◽  
Anna E. Kaiser ◽  
Carl M. Christensen ◽  
Battalgazi Yildirim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnitude Estimation ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Mems Accelerometer

Emerging Adult Perceptions of and Preferences for Parenting Styles and Associated Psychological Outcomes

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (9) ◽  
pp. 2491-2504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cliff McKinney ◽  
Janet W. Kwan
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Parenting Style ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Child Outcomes ◽  
Emerging Adult ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Psychological Problems ◽  
Child Gender ◽  
Perceived Parenting ◽  
Gender Dyads

Research suggests that child perception of parenting styles may strongly influence child outcomes and parents must balance support and structure based on their emerging adult children’s changing needs. The current study examined emerging adult perceptions of parenting style in comparison with their preferences and how these characteristics interact to predict psychological problems. Significant interactions between preferred and perceived parenting style were found, several of which were further moderated by gender. Results suggest that emerging adults prefer parenting styles that grant autonomy, and males reported lower psychological problems when they also perceived such a parenting style, whereas females reported higher psychological problems. This may suggest that females experience more risky behaviors while at college when granted autonomy relative to males, thus accounting for their higher psychological problems. The current study emphasizes the ongoing impact of parental influences on emerging adult outcomes and that children’s preferences and perceptions influence parent–child gender dyads.

scholarly journals nr="13"Interdisciplinary Research Methods: Considering the Potential of Community-based Participatory Research in Translation

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
LYNNE BOWKER
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Participatory Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Research Traditions ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Potential Barriers ◽  
Health Field ◽  
Population And Public Health

Abstract Different disciplines have different research traditions, including the use of discipline-specific research methods. However, adopting methods from other disciplines can provide fresh perspectives and lead to new insights. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) originated in the population and public health field, but it has potential to be applied in a broader range of disciplines. This article explains the fundamental characteristics of CBPR, explores some misconceptions associated with this method, and describes some potential barriers to its application. Finally, using the example of a machine translation literacy project, the article walks readers through this example of how CBPR was applied to a translation- related research project and evaluates the success of this method for the project.

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