TY - JOUR
T1 - “Me, the street, and a backpack”
T2 - employment, income, and physical capital in rural recovery
AU - Irish, Andrew
AU - Bowen, Elizabeth A.
AU - Hawthorne, Amanda N.
AU - Palombi, Laura
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Recovery capital is a framework for understanding individuals’ resources for recovery from substance misuse. In a qualitative analysis of rural individuals in recovery (N = 49), the role of physical capital emerged prominently across ten focus groups. Participants highlighted the effects of employment status, income, and other forms of physical capital directly, as well as indirect effects through changes in human capital. Negative cultural capital components, in the form of stigma and employment discrimination, were described as barriers to physical capital acquisition and successful recovery. Based on these findings, we discuss rural recovery challenges and propose a model of recovery capital interactions.
AB - Recovery capital is a framework for understanding individuals’ resources for recovery from substance misuse. In a qualitative analysis of rural individuals in recovery (N = 49), the role of physical capital emerged prominently across ten focus groups. Participants highlighted the effects of employment status, income, and other forms of physical capital directly, as well as indirect effects through changes in human capital. Negative cultural capital components, in the form of stigma and employment discrimination, were described as barriers to physical capital acquisition and successful recovery. Based on these findings, we discuss rural recovery challenges and propose a model of recovery capital interactions.
KW - Employment
KW - income
KW - physical capital
KW - recovery capital
KW - rural recovery
KW - substance misuse
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U2 - 10.1080/1533256X.2020.1793067
DO - 10.1080/1533256X.2020.1793067
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85090191002
SN - 1533-256X
SP - 1
EP - 14
JO - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
JF - Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
ER -