The Double Mediating Effect of Social Isolation and Emotional Support on Feelings of Entrapment and Motivation for Recovery among Korean Alcoholic Inpatients

Abstract

This study identified the relationship between feeling of entrapment and motivation for change among hospitalized alcoholic patients and examined the double mediating effect model of social isolation and emotional support on this relationship. The study participants were 101 male and female alcoholic patients hospitalized at C hospital, which specializes in alcohol treatment at I city in Korea. PROCESS Macro 3.5 Model 6 was used for analyses of double mediating effects. The results revealed that entrapment and social isolation were negatively correlated with motivation for recovery of alcoholic inpatients, whereas emotional support was positively correlated with it. In a sequential double mediation model for motivation to change in alcoholic inpatients, the direct effects of social isolation and entrapment were not significant. However, the sequential indirect effect of social isolation and emotional support on entrapment and motivation for recovery among alcoholic inpatients was significant. These results suggest that making alcoholic inpatients not feel socially isolated by providing them with emotional support or through other means of assistance by practitioners or family members is important for their recovery from alcohol use disorder.

Analysis of the current status of rehabilitation motivation and its influencing factors in older adults with stroke: a cross-sectional study

“…Studies have shown that perceived social support is positively correlated with motivation to recover, and the higher the perceived social support of stroke patients, the stronger their motivation to recover and the more likely they are to contribute to a lower disability rate, which is consistent with the findings of Lee et al (2021) and Darsin Singh et al (2022) . The reason for this is that older patients receive adequate medical coverage through family, friends, health care providers, and society to build confidence in overcoming the disease ( Lobo et al, 2021 ) and are able to follow the rehabilitation advice given by health care providers and follow the plan, which in turn increases the patients’ own motivation to rehabilitate.…”