TY - JOUR
T1 - Social support, activities, and recovery from serious mental illness
T2 - STARS study findings
AU - Hendryx, Michael
AU - Green, Carla A.
AU - Perrin, Nancy A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (Recoveries from Severe Mental Illness, R01 MH062321). The authors would like to thank interviewers Sue Leung, Alison Firemark, David Castleton, and Micah Yarborough. We also thank analysts Elizabeth Shuster and Michael Leo, who helped prepare the data used in these analyses. In addition, we thank Hannah Cross and Robert Paulson for providing helpful contributions to earlier drafts.
PY - 2009/7
Y1 - 2009/7
N2 - Research on the role of social support in recovery from severe mental illness is limited and even more limited is research on the potential effects of participating in various activities. This study explores these relationships by analyzing baseline data from a 153-participant subsample in the Study of Transitions and Recovery Strategies. Higher scores on the recovery assessment scale were related to both social support/network size and engagement in more activities. The particular nature of the activities (more/less social, more/less physically active, inside/outside the home) was not important, rather, activities of any type were related to recovery. Furthermore, engagement in activities was more important as levels of social support declined. The results suggest that both social support and activities may promote recovery, and that for persons with poor social support, engagement in a variety of individualized activities may be particularly beneficial.
AB - Research on the role of social support in recovery from severe mental illness is limited and even more limited is research on the potential effects of participating in various activities. This study explores these relationships by analyzing baseline data from a 153-participant subsample in the Study of Transitions and Recovery Strategies. Higher scores on the recovery assessment scale were related to both social support/network size and engagement in more activities. The particular nature of the activities (more/less social, more/less physically active, inside/outside the home) was not important, rather, activities of any type were related to recovery. Furthermore, engagement in activities was more important as levels of social support declined. The results suggest that both social support and activities may promote recovery, and that for persons with poor social support, engagement in a variety of individualized activities may be particularly beneficial.
KW - Recovery
KW - Serious mental illness
KW - Social support
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U2 - 10.1007/s11414-008-9151-1
DO - 10.1007/s11414-008-9151-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 19011972
AN - SCOPUS:67349234576
SN - 1094-3412
VL - 36
SP - 320
EP - 329
JO - Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research
JF - Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research
IS - 3
ER -