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. 2020 Apr;15(2):172–181.

Table 1.

An Overview of Some of Studies Conducted on the Concept of Addiction Recovery

Author Country Study Design Study Subject Sample /Sample
Size
Data
Collection
1 Abedi (2017) IRAN Qualitative Abstinence
experience
10 member of NA Interview
2 BFI consensus panel
(2007)
USA Consensus panel
report
Recovery definition
3 Best et al. (2011) USA Mixed method Recovery Experience 205recovered
persons
Questioner-
Interview
4 Best etal (2016) UK Theoretical paper Model of recovery
5 Cano et al.( 2017) USA Cross sectional Recovery capital 546 participants Questioner
6 Duffy & Baldwin
(2013)
UK Qualitative Recovery factors 45post recovery
persond
Interview
7 Dodge et al. (2010) USA Qualitative Measuring recovery 11professional
clinician
Content
analysis
8 Dupont et al ( 2016) USA Commentary article Recovery element
9 Dennis etal (2005) USA Cohort Recovery duration 1271 person in
recovery
Questioner
10 Davidosn & white
(2007)
USA Review Recovery concept
11 El-gubaly (2012) Canada Review article Recovery concept
12 Elswik et al (2018) USA Qualitative Recovery exprience 8 in recovery person Interview
13 Galanter et al (2007) USA Instrument
psychometric
Spiritual Instrument Questioner
14 Galanter (2007) USA Review Spirituality in recovery
15 Laudet (2007) USA Mixed method Recovery mean 440 in recovery
persons
Questioner-
Interview
16 Laudet& Humphry
(2013)
USA Review Recovery Concept
17 Laudet (2008) USA Review Recovery Road
18 Laudet etal (2006) USA Cross-sectional Recovery factor 353 Recovery
person
Questioner
19 Laudet (2002) USA Pilot study Recovery pathway 90 persons Questioner
20 Law & Guo (2012 ) Taiwan exprimental Recovery & hope 40 female drug
offender
Questioner
21 Long & Vaughn
(1999)
USA Qualitative Recovery exprience 7 young person Interview
22 Grant (2007) USA Qualitative Recovery experience 25in-recovery
women
Interview
23 Groshkova (2013) USA Focus group Recovery capital 142 individuals Questioner
24 Horoosh& Freedman
( 2017)
Israel Cross sectional Addiction related
growth
104 recovered
person
Questioner
25 O Sullivan (2017) USA Cross sectional Recovery capital 76 in recovery
persons
Questioner
26 Neal etal (2014) UK Focus group Recovery elements 25professional
clinician
Group
discussion
27 Neal et al (2015) UK Focus group Recovery measure 46 in recovery
person
Questioner
28 Neal etal (2016 ) UK Focus group Recovery indicators 124 different
member
Group
discussion
29 Kaskutas etal (2014) USA Internet based
survey
Element of recovery 9,341 person in
recovery or
recovered
Questioner
30 Kelly et al (2015) USA Review Recovery definition
31 Kearney (1998) USA Grounded formal
theory
Recovery experience 10 article Content
analysis
32 Kaskutas et al (2015) USA Comparative study Recovery definition 1237 inrecovery
person
Questioner
33 Shineborne (2011) UK Qualitative Subjective
Experience
6 female Interview
34 Sterling etal ( 2013) USA Cross sectional Recovery 149 in recovery
person
Questioner
35 White( 2005) USA Review Recovery concept
36 White & Kurtz (2006) USA Assay Recovery Experience
37 White (2009) USA Review Community
Recourses
38 Witbrodt et al (2015) USA Comparative study Recovery typology 4912 in recovery Questioner
39 White et al (2006) USA Commentary Recovery factors