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Being "in sync" with others during early alcohol and opioid recovery: The role of positive social interactions in generating recovery capital and buffering health disparities

Award Number: F31DA062425
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2025
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/01/2025
AWARD TERMINATION DATE: 08/19/2025

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Being "in sync" with others during early alcohol and opioid recovery: The role of positive social interactions in generating recovery capital and buffering health disparities - Project Summary/Abstract Both positive emotional functioning and social connection are important to substance use disorder recovery, but scarce research has investigated how they are intertwined. “Positivity resonance” is what happens when two or more people share positive emotions, mutual care for each other, and biobehavioral synchrony (e.g., eye contact). This construct has gained traction in positive affective research as an indicator of positive emotional functioning and high-quality social interaction between persons, thereby functioning to have a lasting upward spiral effect on health and well-being in both individuals and communities across a range of contexts. Studying how positivity resonance might be related to recovery outcomes for people in early recovery could help shed light on the role of this supportive factor in the recovery process. Given the established link between certain disadvantaged social determinants of health (SDOH) and less-favorable social connectedness and positive emotional functioning, experiencing positivity resonance in recovery may buffer against the deleterious effects of certain SDOH. This study proposes to examine an understudied interpersonal affective construct, positivity resonance, across a diverse sample of people with varied recovery pathways. First (Aim 1), we will conduct secondary data analysis of two studies: (1) a randomized controlled trial of Zoom-delivered mindfulness-based relapse prevention compared to referral to online mutual help as aftercare among n=430 people in alcohol use disorder (AUD) recovery nationwide (“THRIVE Study”); and (2) a longitudinal naturalistic study of n=64 people receiving medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) clinical care near recovery community centers (RCCs) in predominantly Black American communities (“RCC MOUD Study”). We will use latent growth curve and parallel process models to examine how positivity resonance changes alongside recovery capital (measured via the Brief Assessment of Recovery Capital) over 1 year. Aim 2 will examine the moderating role of positivity resonance in the relationship between certain SDOH (e.g., income, education, housing) and recovery capital across both studies, using a series of moderation analyses. Lastly, Aim 3 will involve conducting individual interviews, and subsequent qualitative analysis using a grounded theory approach, with a subsample of interested participants from each parent study (n=15 from each study) in order to contextualize quantitative findings and more holistically explore how positivity resonance occurs in recovery and its effects. The results of this study will increase understanding of how positivity resonance, a construct capturing interpersonal positive emotional functioning with links to adaptive individual- and community-level health outcomes, can facilitate substance use disorder recovery. Results might identify a treatment target and/or explicate mechanisms of peer recovery support, and how applicable positivity resonance is to those with more disadvantaged SDOH.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = -$1,677 )
2026	2025	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	1	5/27/2026	TERMINATION	-$1,677
														Subtotal = -$1,677

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $22,378 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	001	1	12/16/2024	NEW	$0
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	003	1	8/7/2025	NEW	-$16,487
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	000	1	12/16/2024	NEW	$38,865
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	1 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO	ALBUQUERQUE	NM	87131	BERNALILLO	USA	Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs	002	1	5/1/2025	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $22,378

Grand Total All Awards = $20,701

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Being "in sync" with others during early alcohol and opioid recovery: The role of positive social interactions in generating recovery capital and buffering health disparities

Award Number: F31DA062425

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 01/01/2025

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 07/01/2025

AWARD TERMINATION DATE: 08/19/2025

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