Oxford House, a national program that provides a supportive, democratic, self-help setting with other recovering alcoholics, well illustrates a community-based approach toward alcohol recovery. Oxford Houses might represent cost-effective and efficient settings where individuals who are recovering from addictions can experience a sense of community and develop self- efficacy toward abstinence. Each local Oxford House aims to provide a setting for developing skills that enable long-term sobriety. There are over 700 Oxford Houses across the country serving thousands of men and women. The present proposal is in response to program announcement PAS-98-037. In the proposed study, we will recruit 150 participants, all of whom are in the process of finishing inpatient treatment at an alcohol and drug abuse facility in Illinois. Seventy-five will be randomly assigned to Oxford Houses and 75 to usual care. These individuals will be interviewed every 6 months for a two-year period of time. The present outcome study will assess the effects of communal living in an abstinence supportive setting on recovering alcoholics' sobriety, self-efficacy beliefs, abstinence social support networks, employment outcomes, and illegal activity. This study would be the first longitudinal evaluation of Oxford Houses, and it would provide important information on the nature and role of the Oxford House experience on long-term sobriety among recovering alcoholics.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
1R01AA012218-01A1
Application #
6044921
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAA1-BB (01))
Project Start
2000-07-01
Project End
2005-06-30
Budget Start
2000-07-01
Budget End
2001-06-30
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
$554,497
Indirect Cost
Name
De Paul University
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
City
Chicago
State
IL
Country
United States
Zip Code
60604
Jason, Leonard A; Luna, Roberto D; Alvarez, Josefina et al. (2018) Collectivism and individualism in Latino recovery homes. J Ethn Subst Abuse 17:223-236
May, Emily M; Hunter, Bronwyn A; Jason, Leonard A (2017) METHODOLOGICAL PLURALISM AND MIXED METHODOLOGY TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH: AN EXAMPLE FROM OXFORD HOUSE. J Community Psychol 45:100-116
Lopez-Tamayo, Roberto; Alvarez, J; Jason, L A (2016) Testing a Multidimensional Acculturation Model on Latinos who Completed Substance Abuse Treatment. J Drug Abuse 2:
DiGangi, Julia; Ohanian, Diana; Jason, Leonard A (2016) A Factor Analysis of PTSD with Latino Samples with Substance Use Disorders. J Addict Prev 4:
Lopez-Tamayo, Roberto; Seda, Alexa; Jason, Leonard A (2016) The Role of Familismo and Acculturation as Moderators of the Association Between Family Conflict and Substance Abuse on Latino Adult Males. Public Health (Fairfax) 1:48-56
Lopez-Tamayo, Roberto; DiGangi, Julia; Segovia, Gloria et al. (2016) Psychosocial Factors Associated with Substance Abuse and Anxiety on Immigrant and U.S. Born Latinos. J Addict Prev 4:
Navarro, Elbia; Alvarez, Josefina; Contreras, Richard et al. (2016) Ethnic Differences in Abstinence Self-Efficacy among Recovering Individuals. J Addict Med Ther Sci 2:13-18
Jason, Leonard A; Stevens, Ed; Light, John M (2016) The Relationship of Sense of Community and Trust to Hope. J Community Psychol 44:334-341
DiGangi, Julia A; Goddard, Andrea J; Miller, Steven A et al. (2016) Differences in PTSD Symptomatology Among Latinos with Childhood and Adult Trauma: The Moderating Effect of Acculturation. HSOA J Addict Neuropharmacol 3:
Jason, Leonard A; Stevens, Ed; Ram, Daphna (2015) Development of a Three-Factor Psychological Sense of Community Scale. J Community Psychol 43:973-985

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