Multiple psychological senses of community and community influences on personal recovery processes from substance use problems in later life: a collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic analysis
Purpose There is a pressing need for substance use services to know more about how to promote recovery from substance use problems, particularly in later life. Psychological sense of community (PSOC) is an important recovery dimension. This study aims to clarify in what ways PSOC and communities inf...
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| author | Nina Kavita Heggen Bahl Emil Øversveen Morten Brodahl Hilde Eileen Nafstad Rolv Mikkel Blakar Anne Signe Landheim Kristin Tømmervik |
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| description | Purpose There is a pressing need for substance use services to know more about how to promote recovery from substance use problems, particularly in later life. Psychological sense of community (PSOC) is an important recovery dimension. This study aims to clarify in what ways PSOC and communities influence later life recovery processes. Method A collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic approach was used to analyse 23 interviews with older adults in recovery from different substance use problems. Results The findings suggest that PSOC and recovery in later life include multiple communities (relational, geographical, substance use-related, ideal and service-related) and affective states (PSOC and NPSOC). Older adults’ recovery, moreover, can be described as personal and heterogenic (with respect to community relationships, individual needs, type of substance use problem, age of onset and meaningful activities). Conclusions The findings confirm age of onset, type of substance use problem and community memberships as essential to later life recovery. They also supplement prior evidence on community resources and challenges to later life recovery. Importantly, the new findings extend and nuance current understandings of later life recovery. Taken together, the article illustrates MPSOC as a useful concept, with central practical and theoretical implications for later life recovery. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-954e75bff51b4baeba443e3c659181a22023-12-07T15:12:02ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being1748-26231748-26312023-12-0118110.1080/17482631.2023.21902002190200Multiple psychological senses of community and community influences on personal recovery processes from substance use problems in later life: a collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic analysisNina Kavita Heggen Bahl0Emil Øversveen1Morten Brodahl2Hilde Eileen Nafstad3Rolv Mikkel Blakar4Anne Signe Landheim5Kristin Tømmervik6St. Olavs University HospitalNorwegian University of Science and TechnologyInnlandet Hospital TrustUniversity of OsloUniversity of OsloInnlandet Hospital TrustSt. Olavs University HospitalPurpose There is a pressing need for substance use services to know more about how to promote recovery from substance use problems, particularly in later life. Psychological sense of community (PSOC) is an important recovery dimension. This study aims to clarify in what ways PSOC and communities influence later life recovery processes. Method A collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic approach was used to analyse 23 interviews with older adults in recovery from different substance use problems. Results The findings suggest that PSOC and recovery in later life include multiple communities (relational, geographical, substance use-related, ideal and service-related) and affective states (PSOC and NPSOC). Older adults’ recovery, moreover, can be described as personal and heterogenic (with respect to community relationships, individual needs, type of substance use problem, age of onset and meaningful activities). Conclusions The findings confirm age of onset, type of substance use problem and community memberships as essential to later life recovery. They also supplement prior evidence on community resources and challenges to later life recovery. Importantly, the new findings extend and nuance current understandings of later life recovery. Taken together, the article illustrates MPSOC as a useful concept, with central practical and theoretical implications for later life recovery.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2190200communitylater lifepsychological sense of communityrecoverysubstance use problemsqualitative methodology |
| spellingShingle | Nina Kavita Heggen Bahl Emil Øversveen Morten Brodahl Hilde Eileen Nafstad Rolv Mikkel Blakar Anne Signe Landheim Kristin Tømmervik Multiple psychological senses of community and community influences on personal recovery processes from substance use problems in later life: a collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic analysis International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being community later life psychological sense of community recovery substance use problems qualitative methodology |
| title | Multiple psychological senses of community and community influences on personal recovery processes from substance use problems in later life: a collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic analysis |
| title_full | Multiple psychological senses of community and community influences on personal recovery processes from substance use problems in later life: a collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic analysis |
| title_fullStr | Multiple psychological senses of community and community influences on personal recovery processes from substance use problems in later life: a collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Multiple psychological senses of community and community influences on personal recovery processes from substance use problems in later life: a collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic analysis |
| title_short | Multiple psychological senses of community and community influences on personal recovery processes from substance use problems in later life: a collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic analysis |
| title_sort | multiple psychological senses of community and community influences on personal recovery processes from substance use problems in later life a collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic analysis |
| topic | community later life psychological sense of community recovery substance use problems qualitative methodology |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2023.2190200 |
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