WOMEN IN RECOVERY FROM DRUG MISUSE - AN EXPLORATORY-STUDY OF THEIR SOCIAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL SUPPORT

This cross-sectional research examined the effects of ethnicity, age, and primary drug (alcohol or otherdrug) on recovering women's social n etwork size and social support. Study participants included 21 African -American, 39 Anglo-American, and 3 Mexican-American women in continuo us recovery for a minimum of 6 months. Study findings demonstrated sta tistically significant increases in social network size and in the amo unt of social support received from pretreatment to posttreatment reco very periods. Ethnicity, age, and primary drug had little effect on so cial network size and amount of social support received.