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Self-development groups among women in recovery: client perceptions of satisfaction and engagement
Suzanne M Peloquin1, Carrie A Ciro
1School of Health Professions, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, USA. speloqui@utmb.edu
Purpose:
We examined engagement in and satisfaction with occupational therapy self-development groups among women in a residential facility for substance dependence.
Method:
We performed a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of 1,488 Likert-scale surveys completed anonymously between 2006 and 2010. Descriptive statistics were used to examine client satisfaction in self-development groups. Differences in engagement by content focus and activity process were also examined by analyzing the median scores of eight self-development questions using the Kruskal-Wallis test of medians.
Results:
Of those who completed surveys, 73.6% strongly agreed and 23.4% agreed (collectively, 97%) that they were satisfied with the group. No significant differences (p > .05) were found in the median scores of the questions by content focus or activity process.
Conclusion:
Self-development activity groups with salient recovery themes conceptualized within a person-environment-occupation model appear to be a satisfactory and engaging intervention for women in recovery from substance abuse.
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