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Title: | People in Recovery from Substance Use Disorders: What Motivates Them to Enter Addiction Treatment Agencies as Counselors? | Authors: | Azahah Abu Hassan Shaari | Keywords: | Addiction;counselors;motivations;qualitative | Issue Date: | Dec-2021 | Publisher: | UPM Press | Journal: | Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities | Abstract: | This qualitative study aimed to understand the motivations of people recovering from substance use disorders (SUDs) to work in addiction treatment agencies as counselors. A purposive and snowball sampling technique was used to recruit 18 recovering counselors from Long Island, New York. Most of the participants self-identified as Caucasian, and a third identified as African American. All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. The results indicate that want to give back, perceived self-efficacy to work with SUD clients, and previous experiences with addiction treatment services motivated people in recovery from SUD to become counselors. The respondents also reported the role of intrinsic rewards, such as witnessing clients’ progress over time and the opportunity to sustain their recovery, which influenced their decision to continue working in the addiction treatment field. Understanding work motivations has significant implications for assessing the staffing needs and professional development of SUD treatment programs, including recruitment, retention, and the overall size and capacity of the addiction treatment workforce. |
Description: | Web of Science / Scopus |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3036 | ISSN: | 01287702 | DOI: | 10.47836/pjssh.29.4.12 |
Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Language Studies and Human Development - Journal (Scopus/WOS) |
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