The Double Mediating Effect of Social Isolation and Emotional Support on Feelings of Entrapment and Motivation for Recovery among Korean Alcoholic Inpatients

Joo-Young Lee, Jae-Sun An and Kyung-Hyun Suh
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Joo-Young Lee: Department of Addiction Science, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Korea
Jae-Sun An: Department of Counseling Psychology, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Korea
Kyung-Hyun Suh: Department of Counseling Psychology, Sahmyook University, Seoul 01795, Korea

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 9, 1-9

Abstract: This study identified the relationship between feeling of entrapment and motivation for change among hospitalized alcoholic patients and examined the double mediating effect model of social isolation and emotional support on this relationship. The study participants were 101 male and female alcoholic patients hospitalized at C hospital, which specializes in alcohol treatment at I city in Korea. PROCESS Macro 3.5 Model 6 was used for analyses of double mediating effects. The results revealed that entrapment and social isolation were negatively correlated with motivation for recovery of alcoholic inpatients, whereas emotional support was positively correlated with it. In a sequential double mediation model for motivation to change in alcoholic inpatients, the direct effects of social isolation and entrapment were not significant. However, the sequential indirect effect of social isolation and emotional support on entrapment and motivation for recovery among alcoholic inpatients was significant. These results suggest that making alcoholic inpatients not feel socially isolated by providing them with emotional support or through other means of assistance by practitioners or family members is important for their recovery from alcohol use disorder.

Keywords: alcoholics; entrapment; isolation; support; motivation; recovery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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