Individual and Contextual Predictors of Involvement in Twelve-Step Self-Help Groups After Substance Abuse Treatment

摘要: Drawing on ecological and narrative theories of self-help groups, this study tests a multilevel model predicting group involvement among male veterans who received inpatient substance abuse treatment. Following K. Maton (1993), the moves beyond individual-level analysis to encompass variables in treatment post-treatment social ecology. Surveys administered patients (N = 3,018) staff 329) assessed these predictor domains 1 year after discharge. A hierarchical linear fit data indicates that greater 12-step groups discharge is predicted by compatibility between personal belief systems. The implications findings for efforts facilitate transitions professional community-based are discussed.