Mutual Help Group Participation for Alcohol and Drug Problems: Uncovering Latent Subgroups.

ABSTRACT: Objective: This report aims to identify US mutual help group (MHG) participants' psycho-socio-behavioral profiles. Method: We used data from the 2015-2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health and the sample included 1022 adults with past-year substance use disorders (SUD). We conducted a latent class analysis to identify subgroups of MHG participants and estimated multinomial logistic regression models to examine the associations between sociodemographic/intrapersonal characteristics and class membership. Results: Analyses identified three latent classes. Class 1 (Low-Risk group, 54%) reported low risks in all correlates except for serious psychological distress (SPD, 33%). Class 2 (Psychological Distress group, 30%) demonstrated high risks of major dep

SUBMITTER: Hai AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11446461 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature