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Publication date: 26 November 2021

Keith Leverett Warren, Nathan Doogan, Uwe Wernekinck and Fiona Claire Doherty

While recent years have seen a number of studies of social networks in therapeutic communities (TCs) and other residential settings, these have primarily focused on male…

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Purpose

While recent years have seen a number of studies of social networks in therapeutic communities (TCs) and other residential settings, these have primarily focused on male residents. This paper aims to conduct a longitudinal social network analysis of interpersonal interactions in a TC for women.

Design/methodology/approach

The data consists of a longitudinal directed social network of instances of feedback between 56 residents of a 16 bed TC for women over a period of 611 days. Mean age of the participants was 33.1 years, mean length of stay was 133.9 days and 91% of the participants were female. Feedback consisted of written affirmations for prosocial behavior and written corrections for contravening TC norms. Data was analyzed using a latent factor longitudinal social network model.

Findings

Residents react to peer intervention in complex ways. Residents reciprocated affirmations (B = 0.14, 95% confidence interval = 0.10, 0.18) and corrections (B = 0.20, 95% CI = 0.13, 0.25). Controlling for reciprocity, participants who received affirmations were more likely to affirm and correct peers (B = 0.10, 95% CI = 0.06, 0.15; B = 0.17, 95% CI = 0.10, 0.23), suggesting that the encouragement offered by affirmations leads to increased activity. Homophily by admission time occurred in both affirmations and corrections (B = 0.23, 95% CI = 0.10, 0.37; B = 0.51, 95% CI = 0.29, 0.74).

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While affirmations and corrections serve as vehicles for behavioral reinforcement and social learning, they also allow residents to interact in ways that strengthen social bonds.

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Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, vol. 42 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0964-1866

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Publication date: 24 September 2012

Steve Pearce

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Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, vol. 33 no. 2/3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0964-1866

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Journal of Criminal Psychology, vol. 13 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2009-3829

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Publication date: 8 September 2022

Stephen Turner

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Mad Hazard
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80382-670-7

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Publication date: 24 October 2018

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Including a Symposium on Mary Morgan: Curiosity, Imagination, and Surprise
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ISBN: 978-1-78756-423-7

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Publication date: 12 November 2018

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Supply Chain Management and Logistics in Latin America
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78756-804-4

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Publication date: 23 August 2021

Martha Ríos Manríquez

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Empowerment, Transparency, Technological Readiness and their Influence on Financial Performance, from a Latin American Perspective
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80117-382-7

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Publication date: 20 November 2018

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Including a Symposium on Latin American Monetary Thought: Two Centuries in Search of Originality
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ISBN: 978-1-78756-431-2

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Publication date: 23 June 2022

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The Emerald Handbook of Entrepreneurship in Latin America
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ISBN: 978-1-80071-955-2

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Publication date: 20 May 2019

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Race, Organizations, and the Organizing Process
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ISBN: 978-1-78756-492-3

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