Social isolation schema responds to positive social experiences: Longitudinal evidence from vulnerable populations

Cruwys, Tegan; Dingle, Genevieve A.; Hornsey, Matthew J.; Jetten, Jolanda; Oei, Tian P. S.; Walter, Zoe

doi:10.1111/bjc.12042

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“…Indeed, participants who continued to identify with their substance using peers at follow‐up were experiencing much poorer outcomes across all measures of substance use and life satisfaction, while those who maintained their recovery social identity showed positive outcomes on substance use and life satisfaction. This provides an important caveat to the ‘groups are good for you’ message of the social cure tradition (Jetten et al ., ), suggesting that the scope of such effects are limited to those groups that do not have norms for behaviours that are maladaptive for health (see also Cruwys, Dingle, et al ., ; Cruwys, Haslam, et al ., ).…”

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“…Importantly for our analysis, evidence has suggested that internalizing groups in this way has substantial benefits for health and well‐being, because groups provide us with a sense of belonging, meaning, and purpose, as well as enabling material benefits such as social support (Haslam, Jetten, Postmes, & Haslam, ). For example, people experiencing mental health problems benefit greatly from joining meaningful social groups – including both therapy groups and other community groups such as choirs, sporting, and cultural groups (Cruwys, Dingle, Haslam, et al ., ; Cruwys, Dingle, Hornsey, et al ., ; Dingle, Brander, Ballantyne, & Baker, ). Social identities have also been found to improve health and well‐being for individuals with multiple sclerosis (Wakefield, Bickley, & Sani, ), post‐traumatic stress (Jones et al ., ), and physical disabilities (Fernández, Branscombe, Gómez, & Morales, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Breaking good: Breaking ties with social groups may be good for recovery from substance misuse

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Cruwys

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British J Social Psychol

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According to the Social Identity Model of Identity Change, maintaining social identities and support over time is good for health and well‐being, particularly during stressful transitions. However, in this study we explore the circumstances under which maintaining social identities – such as ‘substance user’ – may be harmful to health, and when a successful transition constitutes identity change, rather than maintenance. This prospective study examined social identities of 132 adults entering a drug and alcohol therapeutic community (TC) at admission, three fortnightly intervals and exit, as well as a representative subsample of 60 participants at follow‐up. Repeated measures ANOVA results showed that user identity decreased significantly over time, such that 76% of the sample decreased in user identity strength over the first month in the TC. At the same time, recovery identity ratings increased significantly over time, with 64% of the sample staying the same or increasing their recovery identity ratings over the first month. Identity change, indexed by the change in the difference score between user identity and recovery identity over the treatment period, accounted for 34% of the variance in drinking quantity, 41% of the variance in drinking frequency, 5% of the variance in other drug use frequency, and 49% of the variance in life satisfaction at follow‐up, after accounting for initial substance abuse severity and social identity ratings at entry to the TC. The findings indicate that moving from a substance using identity towards a recovery identity constitutes an important step in substance abuse treatment.

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Breaking good: Breaking ties with social groups may be good for recovery from substance misuse

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Cruwys

et al. 2014

British J Social Psychol

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“…In fact, service use has consistently been associated with better mental health outcomes among those experiencing homelessness (Gabrielan et al, 2015; Small, 2010). Given that mental health problems are strongly connected to social isolation and loneliness, especially among those experiencing homelessness (Cruwys et al, 2014; Hodgson et al, 2015), service connection might mediate cumulative risk and mental health status by reducing loneliness and social isolation. Alternatively, services might have imparted other benefits to mental health such as skills acquisition, and access to medication, etc.…”

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Personal control and service connection as paths to improved mental health and exiting homelessness among severely marginalized homeless youth

Slesnick

Zhang

Brakenhoff

2017

Children and Youth Services Review

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Objective Non-service connected, continuously homeless youth are arguably one of the most vulnerable populations in the U.S. These youth reside at society’s margins experiencing an accumulation of risks over time. Research concludes that as vulnerabilities increase so do poor long-term outcomes. This study tested the mediating effects of service connection and personal control as mediators of cumulative risk and housing, health and mental health outcomes. By understanding the processes associated with therapeutic change among those with the most vulnerabilities, service providers and researchers can target those factors to enhance positive outcomes. Method Seventy-nine, non-service connected, substance using homeless youth were offered a strengths-based outreach and engagement intervention and were assessed at baseline 3, 6 and 9 months post-baseline. Results Personal control mediated the effects of cumulative risk on housing stability, and service utilization mediated the effects of cumulative risk on mental health. Conclusions This study specifies important targets of intervention for a population at high risk for continuing homelessness. In particular, service providers should target youths’ sense of personal control and link them to needed community-based services in order to help them exit street life and improve mental health outcomes.

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“…Loneliness, the subjective experience of unmet social and emotional needs associated with social isolation (Perese & Wolf, ), is viewed as a major problem for people with psychiatric disabilities living in the community (Davidson et al., ; Green, Wisdom, Wolfe, & Firemark, ; Yanos, Felton, Tsemberis, & Frye, ). While independent living promotes autonomy and economic viability, isolation and loneliness may endure over time (Bartels & Pratt, ; Cruwys, Dingle, et al., ; Siegel et al., ).…”

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Supported housing for adults with psychiatric disabilities: How tenants confront the problem of loneliness

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Sabetti

Padgett

2017

Health Soc Care Community

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The objective of this study was to examine the experience of loneliness among people with psychiatric disabilities after moving from custodial housing, including group homes, boarding homes, and family-type residences to independent, supported apartments in the community. Qualitative research methods guided by a naturalistic/constructivist framework were used. Data collection occurred between May 2014 and July 2015 and consisted of individual semi-structured interviews with 24 tenants residing in five supported housing sites across three Canadian provinces; interviews were also conducted with a designated family member for each tenant and with their service providers. Group interviews were conducted with housing workers in the five housing sites. The interviews were transcribed verbatim, codes generated and a thematic analysis undertaken using a constructivist approach. Results showed that for most tenants living in independent apartments with support loneliness was not a serious problem or was an issue that could be overcome. Most study participants viewed supported housing as preferable to custodial housing and as a normalising experience that facilitated community integration. While housing conditions, particularly those associated with congregate housing, sometimes helped attenuate loneliness among tenants, managing loneliness was primarily contingent on the ability of individuals to develop and maintain social connections, as well as on family involvement.

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Social isolation schema responds to positive social experiences: Longitudinal evidence from vulnerable populations

Cited by 47 publications

References 56 publications

Breaking good: Breaking ties with social groups may be good for recovery from substance misuse

Breaking good: Breaking ties with social groups may be good for recovery from substance misuse

Personal control and service connection as paths to improved mental health and exiting homelessness among severely marginalized homeless youth

Supported housing for adults with psychiatric disabilities: How tenants confront the problem of loneliness

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