Hannah GlassmanThe University of Sydney · School of Psychology
Hannah Glassman
PhD
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Introduction
I am a psychologist and qualitative researcher in the fields of community and critical psychology. My PhD research on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) used varied sociological frameworks to explore how individuals negotiate tensions between their own self-understandings and a collectivist ideology. My current research broadly focuses on peer-to-peer approaches that aim to improve mental health in individuals and groups by enhancing connectedness, belonging, and personal empowerment.
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Background: Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is a community-based NGO that supports people with alcohol misuse concerns to achieve and maintain abstinence. Qualitative methods are best suited to investigate individual experiences of recovery in AA, since this typically involves not only abstinence from alcohol but also the global psychological growth of t...
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an NGO designed to support anyone who identifies as alcoholic to stop drinking alcohol. Existing qualitative research in this field has primarily reflected the experiences of those who have conformed to AA ideology and had positive experiences in AA. To address this, the current study aimed to explore the perspectives a...
A prevalent critique of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is that members must adopt an inflexible illness narrative, taking on an “alcoholic” identity and performing a set of practices to address this condition. Conversely, a small body of research suggests that, rather than comprising the uniform adoption of a rigid narrative, integration into AA is achi...
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Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) is an international mutual aid/peer-to-peer organisation designed to support anyone who wants to stop drinking alcohol. It is well-established that AA membership typically involves the adoption of a distinct “alcoholic” identity, with new members generally learning that they have no control over alcohol and ne...
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New members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) typically acquire a distinct "alcoholic" identity, including AA-specific understandings of their "alcoholism" and what it means to be in recovery. Although much qualitative research on AA has presented the experiences of members who have embraced this identity and have been wholly praising of...
