dc.contributor.author	Smith, Tanya N.
dc.coverage.spatial	United States	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2022-04-05T20:39:12Z
dc.date.available	2022-04-05T20:39:12Z
dc.date.issued	2022-05
dc.identifier.other	D178D19D-D371-28BD-4232-AF08E4791C8D	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/5378
dc.description.abstract	Substance use in America remains a public health crisis, especially given the ongoing opioid epidemic and an alarming spike in overdose related deaths. Institutions of higher education have a unique opportunity to provide realistic measures of sustained substance use disorder (SUD) recovery through collegiate recovery programs (CRP) that employ recovery-informed procedures to support and sustain sobriety. This quantitative study examines and provides an analysis of the impact of a CRP at a large Georgia university from the perspective of the recovering student while immersed in an abstinence-hostile environment, such as a college campus. The primary aim of this research is to use statistical analysis to establish how an inclusive support system can empower a person to sustain SUD recovery. Despite a small sample size, the study yields significant evidence to support CRPs even though the sample size makes it difficult to generalize the results to the general population. Based on findings from this and existing CRP research, the results illustrate how institutional and social support have a significant impact on a person in SUD recovery, which can assist in developing public and private holistic recovery programs. Keywords: sustained recovery, substance use disorder, collegiate recovery program, support system	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Chapter I: Introduction 1 -- Purpose of the Study 3 -- Statement of the Problem 4 -- Definitions 8 -- Background 9 -- Data Collection 13 -- Significance and Implications 14 -- Chapter II: Literature Review 16 -- Substance Use Disorder 16 -- Historical Epidemics 17 -- Substance Use in Colleges 19 -- Intervention 20 -- Treatment 23 -- Social Support 23 -- Relapse 25 -- Recovery 26 -- Directed Holistic Recovery Programming 27 -- Physician Health Program 27 -- Recovery Community Organization 30 -- Collegiate Recovery Program 31 -- Theoretical Prospective 34 -- General Systems Theory 34 -- Bioecological Systems Theory 35 -- Social Learning Theory 36 -- Brain Disease Model of Addiction 37 -- Relationship of Research to Literature and Theory 40 -- Chapter III: Methodology 43 -- Site of Study 43 -- Program Data 44 -- Hypotheses 45 -- Research Question 1 46 -- Research Question 2 46 -- Research Question 3 47 -- Research Design 49 -- Data Preparation 50 -- Data Collection 50 -- Strategy and Measurement 51 -- Research Questions 1 and 2 51 -- Research Question 3 51 -- Variable Construction 53 -- Independent Variable 53 -- Dependent Variables 53 -- Relapse Rate 54 -- Length of Time in Recovery 54 -- Academic Success 55 -- Ethical Considerations 56 -- Data Access and Maintenance 57 -- Chapter IV: Results 58 -- Descriptive Statistics 58 -- Hypotheses Testing 66 -- Research Questions 1 and 2 66 -- Research Question 3 69 -- Summary 71 -- Chapter V: Discussion 72 -- Relapse Rates 73 -- Program Data 73 -- Sustained Recovery 74 -- Program Data 75 -- Academic Success 76 -- Program Data 78 -- Significance 79 -- Limitations 82 -- Future Research 83 -- Recommendations 85 -- Public Policy 86 -- Education 87 -- Conclusion 88 -- References 90 -- Appendix A: Qualtrics Online Research Survey 103 -- Appendix B: IRB Exemption Approval 115 -- Appendix C: Informed Consent Statement 117	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic--United States	en_US
dc.subject	Substance abuse	en_US
dc.subject	Drug abuse--Treatment	en_US
dc.subject	Georgia	en_US
dc.subject	Drug abuse--Study and teaching	en_US
dc.subject	Drug abuse--Treatment--Evaluation	en_US
dc.subject	Counseling in higher education	en_US
dc.title	Sustaining Recovery: The Participant Prospective of a Collegiate Recovery Program	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Political Science of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Dowis, Dorinda
dc.description.committee	Hehnly, Marcy
dc.description.committee	Watson, W. Todd
dc.description.degree	D.P.A.	en_US
dc.description.major	Public Administration	en_US