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Title: Seeking health: the lived experience of being in recovery from sex addiction.
Creator: Mundy, Lawren., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: individuals who self-identify as sex addicts, unique health and social consequences are not well understood because of factors, such as stigma. It is important that the nursing community understand this phenomenon to address, understand, and provide sensitive and meaningful care. However, there is limited research on this topic. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of individuals who self-identify as sex addicts. Through snowball sampling, five men and five women...
Show moreindividuals who self-identify as sex addicts, unique health and social consequences are not well understood because of factors, such as stigma. It is important that the nursing community understand this phenomenon to address, understand, and provide sensitive and meaningful care. However, there is limited research on this topic. The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience of individuals who self-identify as sex addicts. Through snowball sampling, five men and five women between 27 to 45 years old, and older. participated in the phenomenological study. Meaning units and themes were revealed through the participants' experiences as follows: A Connecting with Others: 1. Reaching Out 2. Seeking Shared Understanding 3. Connecting with Your Higher Power B Managing Stigma: 1. Revealing Concealing C Integrating the Past for Recovery: 1. Reflecting Triggers 2. Overcoming Powerlessness. D Being Vigilant: 1. Intentional Refocusing 2. Living an Honest Life E Giving of Oneself: 1. Informing Others 2. Doing Service. The overall structure synthesized from the meaning units and themes was: "The lived experience of seeking health in recovery from sex addiction is dancing on the outer circle, connected to a community that understands fear, shame and the struggle to remain vigilant for pitfalls while intentionally refocusing on living an honest life of giving and receiving." Seeking health incorporates a holistic, community involved, multifaceted approach to recovery. Understanding how individuals seek health in recovery provides a framework to impart meaningful, sensitive nursing care.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360955
Subject Headings: Sex addiction, Sex addicts, Rehabilitation, Relationship addiction, Treatment, Control (Psychology), Love, Psychological aspects
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: GOVERNMENT AS A STIGMA MODERATOR: THE CASE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY’S ADDICTION RECOVERY INDUSTRY.
Creator: Moura, David, Miller, Hugh, Florida Atlantic University, School of Public Administration, College for Design and Social Inquiry
Abstract/Description: This dissertation investigates how government affects stigmatization processes. This line of inquiry is important for two reasons. First, existing models of stigmatization leave government out of stigma processes, or only mention government as a sanctioning body that comes in after stigma processes are complete. Organizational theory research therefore underplays the extent to which government action can influence its citizens. Second, stigma research in public administration and government...
Show moreThis dissertation investigates how government affects stigmatization processes. This line of inquiry is important for two reasons. First, existing models of stigmatization leave government out of stigma processes, or only mention government as a sanctioning body that comes in after stigma processes are complete. Organizational theory research therefore underplays the extent to which government action can influence its citizens. Second, stigma research in public administration and government research is limited to examining how government can assist stigmatized groups, and not on how government affects stigma processes. This inadvertently gives the impression that government is not part of stigma processes. While this may be due to the bulk of stigma theory research being located in the management literature, it is nonetheless a significant omission. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine how government can influence the proliferation of stigma to then find government’s location in the stigma process.
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Date Issued: 2019
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013400
Subject Headings: Government, Stigma (Social psychology), Addiction, Palm Beach County (Fla)
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Title: PARTICIPANTS’ RECOVERY IN DRUG COURT.
Creator: Cuevas, Selina F., Guastaferro, Wendy P., Florida Atlantic University, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, College of Social Work and Criminal Justice
Abstract/Description: This study examined drug court participants’ lived experiences with addiction and recovery from the southern part of the U.S.. Results of the study answered the following: how do drug court participants discuss their lived experiences with each of the following key recovery concepts: accountability, unmanageability, and relapse? Recorded focus groups explored the a priori recovery concepts. Focus groups were used for identifying themes, and how participants apply these themes to recovery....
Show moreThis study examined drug court participants’ lived experiences with addiction and recovery from the southern part of the U.S.. Results of the study answered the following: how do drug court participants discuss their lived experiences with each of the following key recovery concepts: accountability, unmanageability, and relapse? Recorded focus groups explored the a priori recovery concepts. Focus groups were used for identifying themes, and how participants apply these themes to recovery. Audio files were transcribed and coded using NVivo 1.5 software for data analysis. The findings also present emergent themes which allowed participants to articulate their lived experiences as more than a disease, but as a recovery process. Drug court programs must prioritize the curriculum to reflect on the experiences depicted to effectively aid in recovery. Lastly, conducting the same focus groups throughout the duration of the program may be beneficial to properly track progress.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013911
Subject Headings: Drug courts, Civil commitment of drug addicts, Recovery
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: CELLULAR REQUIREMENTS FOR MBLAC1 EXPRESSION AS ASSESSED IN MBLAC1-/- MOUSE EMBRYONIC FIBROBLASTS.
Creator: McGovern, Samantha, Blakely, Randy, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Biomedical Science, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description: The majority of research on drug addiction centers on dopamine (DA)- driven synaptic plasticities and how these changes ultimately lead to compulsive drug seeking. However, growing evidence supports a role of glial factors in various steps that lead to drug abuse and addiction. In this regard, significant evidence implicates glial glutamate (Glu) transporters (GLT-1) and cystine/Glu exchangers (xCT) in determining synaptic and extrasynaptic levels of Glu that support the acute and chronic...
Show moreThe majority of research on drug addiction centers on dopamine (DA)- driven synaptic plasticities and how these changes ultimately lead to compulsive drug seeking. However, growing evidence supports a role of glial factors in various steps that lead to drug abuse and addiction. In this regard, significant evidence implicates glial glutamate (Glu) transporters (GLT-1) and cystine/Glu exchangers (xCT) in determining synaptic and extrasynaptic levels of Glu that support the acute and chronic actions of drugs of abuse. -lactam antibiotics have been found in rodent models to upregulate CNS GLT-1 and xCT and thereby contribute to reinstatement after chronic drug exposure and withdrawal. Previously, the Blakely lab identified a glial expressing gene, swip-10, in Caenorhabditis elegans, whose deletion results in the hyperdominergic phenotype Swimming-Induced Paralysis (Swip), supported by Glu signalingdependent DA neuron hyperexcitability that ultimately drives oxidative stress and DA neuron degeneration. Both SWIP-10 and its putative mammalian ortholog MBLAC1 possess a highly conserved metallo -lactamase domain, and MBLAC1 has been found to bind the Glu modulating, b-lactam antibiotic ceftriaxone (Cef). Indeed, immunodepletion studies indicate that MBLAC1 may be the major highaffinity Cef-binding protein in the brain, leading to the hypothesis that MBLAC1 has a Glu modulatory role(s). Recently a functional role of MBLAC1 been proposed, involving activity as a 3’ exonuclease that processes polyA- mRNAs, including RNAs encoding cell replication-dependent histones. How this role, or others, may support the actions of MBLAC1 in the brain and the non-microbial actions of Cef to extracellular Glu homeostasis, is unclear. Recently, the Blakely lab generated Mblac1-/- mice as a tool to investigate these issues. The following work investigated the requirements of MBLAC1 in growth and the actions of Cef in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) cultured from either Mblac1+/+ and Mblac1-/- mice. The presented data suggested that Mblac1-/- MEFs display attenuated growth and cell proliferation relative to Mblac1+/+ MEFs. For the first time, the in vitro protective actions of Cef against oxidative stress is shown to be dependent on MBLAC1. The following studies presented contribute to a definition of the role of MBLAC1 and as a Cef binding protein in native preparations, with findings that can drive models for the role of MBLAC1 in the CNS.
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Date Issued: 2019
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013395
Subject Headings: Drug addiction--Research, Amino Acid Transport System X-AG, Mice, Fibroblasts
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Title: The relationship between parental lifestyles, attachment style and the mediating effect of family environment on the characteristics of their adult chldren in substance abuse treatment.
Creator: McIlveen, John W., College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
Abstract/Description: The role of attachment style in overall family functioning and in individual substance abuse patterns has been researched extensively. Lifestyle constructs have been seen as predictors of substance abuse related behaviors, including future drug related difficulties. Dysfunctional family environments have been seen as predictors of poor mental health outcomes in family members. Despite the high rates of co-morbidity in alcohol and drug dependent individuals, parental lifestyle, attachment...
Show moreThe role of attachment style in overall family functioning and in individual substance abuse patterns has been researched extensively. Lifestyle constructs have been seen as predictors of substance abuse related behaviors, including future drug related difficulties. Dysfunctional family environments have been seen as predictors of poor mental health outcomes in family members. Despite the high rates of co-morbidity in alcohol and drug dependent individuals, parental lifestyle, attachment style, and the overall influence of family environment on the psychological traits of substance dependent individuals had not been previously examined. This study examined a group of parents and their adult children (actively in substance abuse treatment, with diagnoses of substance dependence) who participated in a weeklong family education program at an inpatient treatment center. Direct effects were found between attachment style, lifestyle and patient traits, as well as several significant total effects (combined direct effect and the effect of overall family environment). Specific indirect effects were also found from individual family environment mediators, including moral religious emphasis and control, on the relationship between independent and dependent variables. An analysis of the results is given, along with a discussion of clinical implications and directions for future research.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3360963
Subject Headings: Parent and child, Substance abuse, Treatment, Family psychotherapy, Addicts, Rehabilitation, Chemical health psychology
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Title: An educational tobacco intervention: impact of the Health Belief Model on college students.
Creator: Rhoads, Kelley E., College of Education, Department of Exercise Science and Health Promotion
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether an educational tobacco intervention impacted college students' perceptions relative to tobacco, self-efficacy, and perceived stress levels. The Health Belief Model (HBM) provided a theoretical framework to distinguish differences relative to tobacco between groups. Both the control (N=155) and intervention (N=184) group consisted of a convenience sample of students from a 2000-level health course. A pre- and post-test questionnaire was...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine whether an educational tobacco intervention impacted college students' perceptions relative to tobacco, self-efficacy, and perceived stress levels. The Health Belief Model (HBM) provided a theoretical framework to distinguish differences relative to tobacco between groups. Both the control (N=155) and intervention (N=184) group consisted of a convenience sample of students from a 2000-level health course. A pre- and post-test questionnaire was administered to both groups which included questions regarding demographics, tobacco use, HBM, self-efficacy, and perceived stress. Data analysis included frequency counts, confirmatory factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha, and two-way ANOVA. Two-way ANOVA results indicated statistically significant differences for the Health Belief Model questions (p=0.002) and self-efficacy items (p=0.03). No statistical significance was found regarding perceived stress. These findings provide evidence an educational tobacco intervention administered at the college level can have a significant impact on students.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3352824
Subject Headings: Nicotine addiction, Smoking cessation, Tobacco use, Prevention, Health promotion, CIgarette smokers, Health risk assessment
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The pathologizing of love: A sociological analysis of codependency.
Creator: Irvine, Leslie J., Florida Atlantic University, Appleton, Lynn M., Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of Sociology
Abstract/Description: A theory is developed to account for the emergence of the phenomenon of codependency. Codependency is targeted primarily at women since inequality constrains women from self-development outside relationships. It is argued that women experience relative deprivation and seek a socially acceptable way to avoid self-blame. Codependency's emergence in the late 1980s can be partly attributed to efforts of the recovery movement to secure legitimacy as agents of social control. The theory is tested...
Show moreA theory is developed to account for the emergence of the phenomenon of codependency. Codependency is targeted primarily at women since inequality constrains women from self-development outside relationships. It is argued that women experience relative deprivation and seek a socially acceptable way to avoid self-blame. Codependency's emergence in the late 1980s can be partly attributed to efforts of the recovery movement to secure legitimacy as agents of social control. The theory is tested by examining the emergence of the nineteenth-century illness called neurasthenia. It is argued that both codependency and neurasthenia are metaphors for female discontent. The particular expressions taken by discontent are largely determined by agents of social control.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14799
Subject Headings: Co-dependence (Psychology), Women--Mental health--Sociological aspects, Love, Relationship addiction
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Title: An Investigation of the Program Curriculum Leading to Successful Sobriety in a Substance Abuse Residential Treatment Center in Florida.
Creator: Foster, Anthony G., Villares, Elizabeth, Florida Atlantic University, College of Education, Department of Counselor Education
Abstract/Description: Recovery from alcoholism and substance abuse has had an ignominious history. There does not appear to be any statistics that stand up to any rigorous fact-checking which show how well treatment centers do at helping their clients to stay sober. Statistics that are used to show success rates are not considered credible and they are shockingly low. Despite these issues, substance abuse research has failed to link the historical knowledge of why people stay sober for long periods of time with...
Show moreRecovery from alcoholism and substance abuse has had an ignominious history. There does not appear to be any statistics that stand up to any rigorous fact-checking which show how well treatment centers do at helping their clients to stay sober. Statistics that are used to show success rates are not considered credible and they are shockingly low. Despite these issues, substance abuse research has failed to link the historical knowledge of why people stay sober for long periods of time with what is being taught in treatment centers in hopes of creating a better, more accurate outcome. The qualitative, phenomenological research study was conducted to ascertain whether a treatment center was teaching the curriculum components that prior research studies had found allowed an addict or alcoholic to stay sober for 20 plus years. Twelve volunteer participants (i.e., nine clients and three counselors), at a treatment center located in Southeast Florida, were interviewe d regarding their perceptions of the curricula being taught in the treatment center. Patterns emerged with the clients regarding their perceptions of spirituality and 12-step programs, believing that spirituality and 12-step programs were significantly emphasized in treatment and that they were very important to their recovery when they left treatment. Counselors agreed with this finding, but felt stronger about the importance of family and social support than did the clients. Overall, the clients felt that what was emphasized in treatment was important to their recovery and intended to use their new knowledge in helping them stay sober. Implications for treatment centers and recommendations for future studies are discussed.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004499, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004499
Subject Headings: Addicts -- Rehabilitation, Alcoholism -- Treatment, Drug abuse -- Treatment, Rehabilitation centers -- Florida -- Management, Spiritual healing, Spirituality, Substance abuse -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
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Title: Recent Awareness and Use of the Great American Smokeout and Variation across Socioeconomic Status, Age and Gender.
Creator: Lovelace, Joshua, Pergadia, Michele, Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Department of Integrated Medical Science
Abstract/Description: The aim of this study was to investigate the current level of awareness and use of the Great American Smokeout (GASO) and the extent to which that may vary by lifetime smoking, socioeconomic status, age and gender. We hypothesized and found that the current levels of awareness and use were significantly less than the most recent reports available (over 13 years ago), and that awareness of the GASO was more likely in lifetime smokers, those with more education, and older age groups, but found...
Show moreThe aim of this study was to investigate the current level of awareness and use of the Great American Smokeout (GASO) and the extent to which that may vary by lifetime smoking, socioeconomic status, age and gender. We hypothesized and found that the current levels of awareness and use were significantly less than the most recent reports available (over 13 years ago), and that awareness of the GASO was more likely in lifetime smokers, those with more education, and older age groups, but found no significant effect related to gender. The drop in awareness and use of the GASO was more than half and almost five times, respectively, compared to that of most recent previous reports. These findings highlight a critical need for more attention and resources to reinvigorate the GASO as a useful event for smokers.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004610, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004610
Subject Headings: Smoking cessation., Nicotine addiction--Prevention., Tobacco habit--Prevention., Tobacco use--Health aspects., Smoking--Health aspects
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Title: The Clarity-Parity Community Nursing Practice framework: A critical ethnonursing study of women in recovery from chemical dependence and their return to the community.
Creator: Lange, Bernadette M., Florida Atlantic University, Ray, Marilyn A.
Abstract/Description: Women in recovery from chemical dependence represent a unique culture that should be viewed through a transcultural lens in order to facilitate and sustain their recovery in the dominant culture community. The purpose of this research was to explore the perceptions and experiences of women in recovery from chemical dependence and their return to the community. Leininger's ethnonursing method was used to obtain a holistic transcultural view of the beliefs, values and lifeways of twelve women...
Show moreWomen in recovery from chemical dependence represent a unique culture that should be viewed through a transcultural lens in order to facilitate and sustain their recovery in the dominant culture community. The purpose of this research was to explore the perceptions and experiences of women in recovery from chemical dependence and their return to the community. Leininger's ethnonursing method was used to obtain a holistic transcultural view of the beliefs, values and lifeways of twelve women in recovery. A communal moral focus was used to understand patterns of meaning, values, virtues and principles using Ray's Transcultural Nursing Ethics. Critical Social Theory was used as an overarching framework to critically analyze the lifeworld (community life of women in recovery) and the system (sociopolitical structures) to enhance the community nurse's knowledge about the needs of women to facilitate their return to community. Four themes included the following: understanding the lifeworld of chemical dependence was a symbol for facilitating the recovery process, restoring a sense of well being contributed to the meaning of a successful recovery, resituating in the community was demonstrated by actions of recreating new lifeways, and sustaining recovery by relying on the community as a source for supporting new lifeways. A critical analysis of the themes revealed paradoxical experiences of women in the dominant culture community. A synthesis of the findings from the lifeworld and analysis of the themes resulted in the co-creation of The Clarity-Parity Community Nursing Practice Framework. The framework demonstrates how the moral caring actions of the community nurse and the mutual moral caring actions of the community nurse, women in recovery and dominant culture community can result in increasing the clarity of transcultural communication and encouraging a position of parity for women in recovery within the dominant culture community.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12153
Subject Headings: Substance abuse--Patients--Rehabilitation, Drug abuse--Treatment, Women--Substance use, Addicts--Rehabilitation, Transcultural nursing, Nursing--Cross-cultural studies
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Title: The perpetual motion machine.
Creator: Ackerman, Brittany, McKay, Becka, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Department of English
Abstract/Description: The Perpetual Motion Machine is a collection of creative nonfiction essays about the author and her brother as they have experienced growing up both together and then apart throughout the years of their lives. The essays deal with the pair’s childhood, adolescence and adulthood as well as the issues of depression, anxiety and drug addiction. Some pieces are flash-style and others are longer works of lyric essay or general narrative. The pieces can both stand alone and work to create a larger,...
Show moreThe Perpetual Motion Machine is a collection of creative nonfiction essays about the author and her brother as they have experienced growing up both together and then apart throughout the years of their lives. The essays deal with the pair’s childhood, adolescence and adulthood as well as the issues of depression, anxiety and drug addiction. Some pieces are flash-style and others are longer works of lyric essay or general narrative. The pieces can both stand alone and work to create a larger, substantial narrative on how drug addiction affects an entire family, one’s whole world, thus telling a story about how the author must find herself through investigating her brother’s trials and tribulations with addiction.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004340
Subject Headings: Addicts--Family relationships, Brothers and sisters--Family relationships, Brothers and sisters--Psychological aspects., Dysfunctional families--Psychological aspects, Substance abuse--Psychological aspects, Compulsive behavior--Social aspects
Format: Document (PDF)

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