Research Symposium

BIO

Elisabeth Antropova is a second year undergraduate student majoring in psychology and minoring in Russian. As a student in natural recovery herself, she currently serves as a research assistant on the Substance Using, Misusing, and Recovery Identity Formation of College Students under the mentorship of Chelsea Shore. She plans to obtain her Ph.D in Clinical Psychology.

Substance Use, Misuse and Recovery Through Collaborative Autoethnography 

Abstract

4 undergraduate research assistants (UGRAs) reflect on their participation on a dissertation study, Substance Use, Misusing, Recovery Identity Formation Among College Students.
Baseline concept maps and interviews between the primary investigator (PI) and UGRAs were transcribed then coded.
The UGRAs participated in a collaborative autoethnography (CAE) to reflect on their own experiences with substance misuse and recovery.
Insights contribute towards understanding how community shapes students understanding of complex concepts such as substance misuse and recovery.
We aim to provide meaningful insight into how substance use, and misuse can be internalized amongst college students and how an acquisition of a recovery identity can help redefine previous notions of substance use.

Keywords: Autoehnography, Collegiate Recovery Programs, Health and Wellness