Publications

Drug Abuse Treatment and Prevention Publications

Jason, L.A., Schober, D., & Olson, B.D. (in press). Community involvement among residents of second-order change recovery homes. The Australian Community Psychologist.

Aase, D.M., Jason, L.A., & Robinson, W.L. (in press). 12-Step participation among dually-diagnosed individuals: A review of individual and contextual factors. Clinical Psychology Review.

Majer, J. M., Jason, L.A., North, C.S., Ferrari, J.R., Porter, N. S, Olson, B.D., Davis, M.I., Aase, D., & Molloy, J.P. (in press). A longitudinal analysis of psychiatric severity upon outcomes among substance abusers residing in self-help settings. American Journal of Community Psychology.

Jason, L.A. & Ferrari, J. R. (Eds.). (in press). Recovery from addiction in communal living settings: The Oxford House model [Special Issue]. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 4.

Groh, D.R., Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., & David, M.I. (in press). Oxford House and Alcoholics Anonymous: The impact of two mutual-help models on abstinence. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 4,    .

Ferrari J.R., Stevens, E.B., & Jason, L.A. (in press). The role of self-regulation in abstinence maintenance: Effects of abstinent communal living. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 4,    .

Mathis, G.M., Ferrari, J.R., Groh, D.R., & Jason, L.A. (in press). Hope and substance abuse recovery: The impact of agency and pathways   within an abstinent communal-living setting. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 4,    .

Groh, D.R., Ferrari, J.R., & Jason, L.A. (in press). Self-reports of substance abusers: The impact of social desirability on social network variables. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 4,    .

Viola, J.J., Ferrari, J.R., Davis, M.I., & Jason, L.A. (in press). Measuring in-group and out-group helping in communal living: Helping and substance abuse recovery. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 4,    .

Graham, B.C., Jason, L.A., & Ferrari, J.F. (in press). Sense of community within recovery housing: Impact of resident age and income. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 4,    .

Ortiz, E., Alvarez, J., Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., & Groh, D. (in press).   Abstinence social support: The impact of children in Oxford House. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 4,    .

Ferrari, J.R., Groh, D.R., & Jason, L.A. (in press). The neighborhood environments of mutual-help recovery houses: Comparisons by perceived socio-economic status. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 4,    .

Aase, D.M., Jason, L.A., Olson, B.D., Majer, J.M., Ferrari, J.R., Davis, M.I., & Virtue, S.M. (in press). A longitudinal analysis of criminal and aggressive behaviors among a national sample of adults in mutual-help recovery homes. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 4,    .

Belyaev-Glantsman, O., Jason, L.A., & Ferrari, J.R. (in press). The relationship of gender and ethnicity to employment among adults residing in communal-living recovery homes. Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery, 4,    .

Jason, L.A., Groh, D.R., Durocher, M., Alvarez, J., Aase, D.M., & Ferrari, J.R. (in press). Counteracting “Not in My Backyard”: The positive effects of greater occupancy within mutual-help recovery homes. Journal of Community Psychology.

Ferrari, J.R., Groh, D.R., Rulka, G., Jason, L.A., & Davis, M.I. (in press). Coming to terms with reality: Predictors of self-deception within substance abuse recovery. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment.

Alvarez, J., Jason, L.A., Flynn, A., Davis, M.I., Olson, B.D., Ferrari, J.R., & Rosenberg, S. (in press). The psychometric properties of the Multigroup Ethnic Identify Scale among individuals recovering from substance abuse. Substance Use and Misuse.

Groh, D., Jason, L.A., & Keys, C.B. (2008). Social network variables in Alcoholics Anonymous: A literature review. Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 430-450.

Jason, L.A., Olson, B.D., & Foli, K. (2008). Rescued lives: The Oxford House approach to substance abuse. New York: Haworth.

Aase, D.M., Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., Groh, D.R., Alvarez, J., Olson, B.D., & Davis, M.I. (2006-2007). Anxiety symptoms and alcohol use: A longitudinal analysis of length-of-time in mutual help recovery homes. International Journal of Self Help & Self Care, 4, 19-33.

Alvarez, J., Jason, L.A., Olson, B.D., Ferrari, J.R., & Davis, M.I. (2007). Substance abuse prevalence and
treatment among Latinas/os. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 6, 115-141.

Groh, D., Olson, B.D., Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.F., & Davis, M.I. (2007). A factor analysis of the Important People Inventory. Alcohol and Alcoholism, 42, 347-353.

Jason, L.A., Olson, B.D., Ferrari, J.R., Majer, J.M., Alvarez, J., & Stout, J. (2007). An examination of main and interactive effects of substance abuse recovery. Addiction, 102, 1114-1121.

Groh, D. R., Jason, L. A., Davis, M. I., Olson, B. D., & Ferrari, J. R. (2007). Friends, family, and alcohol abuse: An examination of general and alcohol-specific social support. The American Journal on Addictions, 16, 49-55.

Jason, L.A., Davis, M.I., Joseph R. Ferrari, J.R., Anderson, E. (2007). The need for substance abuse after-care: Longitudinal analysis of Oxford House. Addictive Behaviors, 32, 803-818.

d'Arlach, L., Curtis, C.E., Ferrari, J.R., Olson, B.D., & Jason, L.A. (2006). Substance-abusing women and their children: A cost-effective treatment option. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 6, 71-90.
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Alvarez, J., Adebanjo, A.M., Davidson, M.K., Jason, L.A., & Davis, M.I. (2006). Oxford House: Deaf-affirmative support for substance abuse recovery. American Annals of the Deaf, 151, 418-422.

Jason, L.A., Olson, B.D., Ferrari, J.R., & Lo Sasso, A.T. (2006). Communal housing settings enhance substance abuse recovery. American Journal of Public Health, 91, 1727-1729.

Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., Davis, M.I., & Olson, B.D. (2006). Creating Communities for Addiction Recovery: The Oxford House Model. New York: Haworth.
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Braciszewski, J. M., Olson, B. D., Jason, L. A., & Ferrari, J. R. (2006). The influence of policy on the differential expansion of male and female self-run recovery settings. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 31, 51-62.

Brown, J. T., Davis, M. I., Jason, L. A., & Ferrari, J. R. (20006). Stress and coping: The roles of ethnicity and gender in substance abuse recovery. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 31, 75-84 .

D’Arlach, L., Olson, B. D., Jason, L. A., & Ferrari, J. R. (2006). Children, women, and substance abuse: A look at recovery in a communal setting. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 31, 121-132.

Davis, M. I., Dziekan, M. M., Horin, E. V., Jason, L. A., Ferrari, J. R., & Olson, B. D. (2006). Women leadership in Oxford House: Examining their strengths and challenges. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 31, 133-143.

Davis, M. I., Olson, B. D., Jason, L. A., Alvarez, J., & Ferrari, J. R. (2006). Cultivating and maintaining effective action research partnerships: The DePaul and Oxford House collaborative. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 31, 3-12.

Ferrari, J. R., Jason, L. A., Blake, R., Davis, M. I., & Olson, B. D. (2006). “This is my neighborhood”: Comparing United States and Australian Oxford House neighborhoods. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 31, 41-50.

Ferrari, J. R., Jason, L. A., Sasser, K. C., Davis, M. I., & Olson, B. D. (2006). Creating a home to promote recovery: The physical environments of Oxford House. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 31, 27-40.

Flynn, A. M., Alvarez, J., Jason, L. A., Olson, B. D., Ferrari, J. R., & Davis, M. I. (2006). African American Oxford Houses residents: Sources of abstinent social networks. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 31, 111-120.

Jason, L. A., Davis, M. I., Olson, B. D., Ferrari, J. R., & Alvarez, J. (2006). Attitudes of community members as a function of participatory research with Oxford Houses. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 31, 13-26.

Kim, K. L., Davis, M. I., Jason, L. A., & Ferrari, J. R. (2006). Structural social support: Impact on adult substance use and recovery attempts. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 31, 85-94.

Olson, B. D. Viola, J. J., Jason, L. A., Davis, M. I., Ferrari, J. R., & Rabin- Belyaev, O. (2006). Economic costs of Oxford House inpatient treatment and incarceration: A preliminary report. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 31, 63-74.

Ponitz, J. E., Olson, B. D., Jason, L. A., Davis, M. I., Ferrari, J. R. (2006). Medical care of individuals residing in substance abuse recovery homes: An analysis of need and utilization. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 31, 95-110.

Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., Freeland, M., Danielewicz, J., & Olson, B.D. (2005). Observing organizational and interaction behaviors among mutual-help recovery home members. International Journal of Self Help & Self Care, 3, 117-132.

Davis, M.I., Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., Olson, B.D., & Alvarez, J. (2005). A collaborative action approach to researching substance abuse recovery. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 31, 537-553.

Davis, M. I., & Jason, L. A. (2005). Sex differences in social support and self-efficacy within a recovery community. American Journal of Community Psychology, 36, 259-274.D

Curtis, C., Jason, L.A., Olson, B.D., & Ferrari, J.R. (2005). Disordered eating, trauma, and sense of community: Examining women in substance abuse recovery homes. Women and Health, 41, 87-100.

Olson, B. D., Jason, L. A., Ferrari, J. R., & Hutcheson, T. D. (2005). Bridging professional and mutual-help: An application of the transtheoretical model to the mutual-help organization. Applied & Preventive Psychology: Current Scientific Perspectives, 11, 168-178.

Jason, L. A., Braciszewski, J. M., Olson, B. D., & Ferrari, J. R. (2005). Increasing the number of mutual help recovery homes for substance abusers: Effects of government policy and funding assistance. Behavior and Social Issues, 14, 71-79.

Jason, L.A., Roberts, K., & Olson, B.D. (2005). Attitudes toward recovery homes and residents: Does proximity make a difference. Journal of Community Psychology, 33. 529-535.

Danielewicz, J., Deaner, J., Garcia, R., Hsu, T., Nelson, C., Shagott, T., Alvarez, J., Davis, M., Ferrari, F., Jason, L., Majer, J., & Olson, B. (2005). Oxford House: A place to call home. Family Therapy Magazine, 4(3), 24-27.

Alvarez, J., Jason, L.A., Davis, M.I., Ferrari, J.R., & Olson, B.D. (2004). Latinos and Latinas in Oxford House: Perceptions of barriers and opportunities. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 3(4), 17-32.

Ferrari, J.R., Jason, L.A., Davis, M.I., Olson, B.D., & Alvarez, J. (2004). Assessing similarities and differences in governance among residential recovery programs: Self vs. staff rules and regulations.Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal for Therapeutic and Supportive Organizations, 25, 185-198.

Jason, L.A., & Perdoux, M. (2004). Havens: True stories of community healing. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.

Alvarez, J., Olson, B.D., Jason, L.A., Davis, M.I., & Ferrari, J.R. (2004). Heterogeneity among Latinas and Latinos in substance abuse treatment: Findings from a national database. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 26, 277-284.

Majer, J.M., Jason, L.A., & Olson, B.D. (2004). Optimism, abstinence self-efficacy, and self-mastery among Oxford House residents: A comparative analysis of personal resources. Assessment, 11, 57-63.

Jason, L.A., Olson, B.D., Ferrari, J.R., & Davis, M.I. (2003-2004). Substance abuse: The need for second-order change. International Journal of Self Help & Self Care, 2(2), 91-109.

Suarez-Balcazar, Y., Davis, M., Ferrari, J., Nyden, P., Olson, B., Alvarez, J., Molloy, P., Toro, P. (2004). Fostering university-community partnerships: A framework and an exemplar. In L.A. Jason, C.B. Keys, Y. Suarez-Balcazar, R.R. Taylor, M. Davis, J. Durlak, & D. Isenberg (Eds.). Participatory community research: Theories and methods in action. (pp. 105-120). American Psychological Association: Washington, D.C.

Jason, L.A., Olson, B.D., Ferrari, J.R., Layne, A., Davis, M.I., Alvarez, J. (2003). A case study of self-governance in a drug abuse recovery home. North American Journal of Psychology, 5, 499-514.

Olson, B. D., Curtis, C. E., Jason, L. A., Ferrari, J. R., Horin, E. V., Davis, M. I., Flynn, A. M., & Alvarez, J. (2003). Physical and sexual trauma, psychiatric symptoms, and sense of community among women in recovery: Toward a new model of shelter aftercare. Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community, 26, 67-80.

Majer, J.M., Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., Olson, B.D., & North, C.S. (2003). Is self-mastery always a helpful resource? Coping with paradoxical findings in relation to optimism and abstinence self-efficacy. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 29, 385-400.

Jason, L.A., & Moritsugu, J. (2003). The role of religion and spirituality in community building. In K. H. Dockett, G.R. Dudley-Grant, & C.P. Bankart (Eds.). Psychology and Buddhism: From individual to global community. (pp. 197-214). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.

Perry, C.L., Komro, K.A., Jones, R.M., Munson, K., Williams, C.L. & Jason, L.A. (2002). The measurement of wisdom and its relationship to adolescent substance use and problem behaviors. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 12 , 45-63.

Majer, J.M., Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., Venable, L.B., & Olson, B.D. (2002). Social support and self-efficacy for abstinence: Is peer identification an issue? Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 23, 209-215.

Olson, B.D., Jason, L.A., d’Arlach, L., Ferrari, J.R., Alvarez, J., Davis, M. I., Olabode-Dada, O., Horin, E., Oleniczak, J., Cooper, D., Burger, T., Curtis, C., Flynn, A., Sasser, K., & Viola, J. (2002). Oxford House, second-order thinking, and the diffusion of systems-based innovations. The Community Psychologist. 35, 21-22.

Ferrari, J.R., Jason, L.A., Olson, B.D., Davis, M.I., & Alvarez, J. (2002). Sense of community among Oxford House residents recovering from substance abuse: Making a house a home. In. A. Fischer (Ed). Psychological Sense of Community . (pp. 109-122). New York: Kluger/Plenum, Inc.

Majer, J.M., Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., & North, C.S. (2002). Comorbidity among Oxford House residents: A preliminary outcome study. Addictive Behaviors, 27, 837-845.

Jason, L.A., Davis, M.I., Ferrari, J.R., & Bishop, P.D. (2001). Oxford House: A review of research and implications for substance abuse recovery and community research. Journal of Drug Education, 31, 1-27.

Ferrari, J.R., Jason, L.A., Nelson, R., Curtin-Davis, M., Marsh, P., & Smith, B. (1999). An exploratory analysis of women and men within a self-help, communal-living recovery setting: A new beginning in a new house. American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. 25, 305-317.

Bishop, P.D., Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., & Cheng-Fang, H. (1998). A survival analysis of communal-living, self-help, addiction recovery participants. American Journal of Community Psychology 26 , 803-821.

Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., Dvorchak, P.A., Groessl, E.J., & Malloy, J.P. (1997). The characteristics of alcoholics in self-help residential treatment settings: A multi-site study of Oxford House. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 15, 53-63.

Jason, L.A., Ferrari, J.R., Smith, B., Marsh, P., Dvorchak, P.A., Groessl, E.J., Pechota, M.E.,Curtin, M., Bishop, P.D., Kot, E., & Bowden, B.S. (1997). An exploratory study of male recovering substance abusers living in a self-help, self-governed setting. Journal of Mental Health Administration , 24, 332-339.

Jason, L.A., & Barnes, H.E. (1997). Substance abuse prevention: Beyond the schoolyard. Applied and Preventive Psychology, 6, 211-220.

Ferrari, J.R., Curtin-Davis, M., Dvorchak, P., & Jason, L.A. (1997). Recovering from alcoholism in communal-living settings: Exploring the characteristics of African American men and women. Journal of Substance Abuse, 9, 77-87.

Bishop, P.D., Chertok, L., & Jason, L.A. (1997). Measuring sense of community: Beyond local boundaries. Journal of Primary Prevention, 18, 193-212.

Jason, L.A. (1997). Community building: Values for a sustainable future. Westport, CT: Praeger.

Dvorchak, P.A., Grams, G., Tate, L. & Jason, L.A. (1995). Pregnant and postpartum women in recovery: Barriers to treatment and the role of Oxford House in the continuation of care. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 13, 97-107.

Nealon-Woods, M.A., Ferrari. J.R., & Jason, L.A. (1995). Twelve-step program use among Oxford House residents: Spirituality or social support in sobriety? Journal of Substance Abuse , 7 , 311-318.

Jason, L.A., & Kobayashi, R.B. (1995). Community building: Our next frontier. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 15 , 195-208.

Jason, L. A., Pechota, M. E., Bowden, B. S., Lahmar, K., Pokorny, S., Bishop, P., Quintana, E., Sangerman, C., Salina, D., Taylor, S., Lesondak, L., & Grams, G. (1994). Oxford House: Community living is community healing. Addictions:Concepts and strategies for treatment. (pp. 333-338). Gaithersburg, Md.: Aspen.

Jason, L. A., Pokorny, S., Kohner, K., Bennetto, L. (1994). An evaluation of the short-term impact of a media-based substance abuse prevention program. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 4, 63-69.

Elias, M.J., Weissberg, R.P., Dodge, K.A., Hawkins, J.D., Jason, L.A., Kendall, P.C., Perry, C.L., Rotheram-Borus, M.J., & Zins, J.E. (1992). Drug and alcohol prevention curricula. In J. David Hawkins, (Ed.) Communities that care: Action for drug abuse prevention. (pp. 129-148). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Rhodes, J.E., & Jason, L.A. (1990). A social stress model of substance abuse. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 58, 395-401.

Jason, L. A., & Rhodes, J. E. (1989). Children helping children: Implications for prevention. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 9, 203-212.

Beaulieu, M. A., & Jason, L. A. (1988). A drug abuse prevention program aimed at teaching problem-solving strategies. Children and Youth Services Review, 10 , 131-149.

Rhodes, J., & Jason, L.A. (1988). Preventing substance abuse among adolescents. NY:Pergamon.

Dupont, P., & Jason, L. A. (1984). Assertiveness training in a preventive drug education program. Journal of Drug Education, 14 , 371-380.