What We Know About Students in Recovery: Meta-Synthesis of Collegiate Recovery

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

Publication Title

Addiction Research and Theory

DOI

10.1080/16066359.2018.1425399

ISSN

1476-7392

Abstract

As a relatively new field of practice, collegiate recovery programs (CRP), have used a practice-informed approach as a means of establishing best practices and pedagogy. While research on collegiate recovery programs and populations of students in recovery is growing, much of the qualitative studies have yet to be synthesized into a useful organizing matrix. This study utilizes meta-synthesis design to explore the leading qualitative research on student experiences in collegiate recovery. From this synthesis, researchers identified six metaphors from ten included studies from 2000–2017. The six metaphors of social connectivity, recovery supports, drop-in recovery centers, internalized feelings, coping mechanisms, and conflict of recovery/student status, support much of the preexisting practices and provide a critical framework for future program design, service delivery, and research.

Link to Full Text

Share

COinS