Peer relations scale for adolescents treated for substance use disorder: a factor analytic presentation

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

Sherilynn F Spear¹  Kathryn D Mazurek¹  James R Ciesla¹  Ping Yao¹ 

[1] Public Health and Health Education Programs, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 60115, USA

关键词: Relapse;    Social support;    Treatment outcomes;    Adolescents;    Psychoactive substance use disorder;    Substance abuse treatment;   

Others  :  834489
DOI  :  10.1186/1747-597X-7-29

 received in 2012-02-20, accepted in 2012-06-25,  发布年份 2012

【 摘 要 】

Background

The literature indicates that peer relations are an important aspect of the treatment and recovery of adolescents with substance use disorder (SUD). Unfortunately, no standard measure of peer relations exists. The objective of this research is to use exploratory factor analysis to examine the underlying factor structure of a 14-item peer relations scale for use in this treatment population.

Methods

Participants are 509 adolescents discharged from primary substance abuse treatment from 2003–2010. The data are from research conducted between six and twelve months post discharge via a 230-item questionnaire that included the 14-item peer relations scale. The scale has questions that assess the degree to which the adolescent's social contacts conform to norms of positive behavior and therefore foster non-use and recovery. The response rate was 62%.

Results

The scale was decomposed by principal component factor analysis. When the matrix was rotated by varimax a three factor solution explaining 99.99% of the common variance emerged. The first factor yielded ten items that measure association with peers who engage in positive versus delinquent social behavior (positive versus negative social behavior). The three items in the second factor specify association with peers who use versus those who don’t use drugs, and thereby encourage recovery and discourage drug use (drug use). The third and factor contained two items measuring the degree to which the recovering adolescent associates with new or previous friends (post treatment peer association).

Conclusions

This scale is useful as a standard measure in that it begins to identify the measurable dimensions of peer relations that influence sustaining post treatment recovery.

【 授权许可】

   
2012 Yao et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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