A within-person investigation of recovery identity following substance use disorder: examining the impact of recovery-focused social contexts.

Background: The social identity model of recovery (SIMOR) posits that adopting a recovery identity is vital for achieving favorable recovery outcomes. Until now, no studies have investigated recovery identity as a dynamic construct, although recent findings suggest it fluctuates from one day to the next. The present study examines the within-person association between recovery identity and sense of meaningfulness-an aspect of holistic recovery wellbeing.

Recovery Community Center Visits and Activities: A Description Using a Daily Diary Approach.

This study builds on prior work to describe the experiences of attendees at recovery community centers (RCCs) with improved ecological validity. Brief daily surveys were collected for 10 days from 94 RCC attendees from semi-rural, industrial towns. Participants reported at the end of each day whether they had visited their RCC on that day, how long they spent there, and which of nine activities they participated in while at the RCC.

Experiences at recovery community centers predict holistic recovery outcomes: a daily diary assessment of RCC helpfulness, meaningfulness, and recovery identity.

Introduction: Recovery community centers (RCCs) offer various support services to people in addiction recovery, such as hosting mutual help meetings and sober social activities and providing employment support and recovery coaching. To date, very little is known about RCCs and their relationship with recovery outcomes, as well as how RCCs may vary in helpfulness from visit to visit. This study used a daily diary approach to assess the intraindividual variation of daily RCC helpfulness, and whether RCC helpfulness predicted the holistic recovery indices of daily meaningfulness and recovery identity.

3D-Printed Polymeric Biomaterials for Health Applications.

3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, holds immense potential for rapid prototyping and customized production of functional health-related devices. With advancements in polymer chemistry and biomedical engineering, polymeric biomaterials have become integral to 3D-printed biomedical applications. However, there still exists a bottleneck in the compatibility of polymeric biomaterials with different 3D printing methods, as well as intrinsic challenges such as limited printing resolution and rates.