Journal article
Alcohol expectancy changes over a 12-week cognitive–behavioral therapy program are predictive of treatment success
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Vol.40(1), pp.18-25
2011
PMID: 20864294
Abstract
This study examines if outcome expectancies (perceived consequences of engaging in certain behavior) and self-efficacy expectancies (confidence in personal capacity to regulate behavior) contribute to treatment outcome for alcohol dependence. Few clinical studies have examined these constructs. The Drinking Expectancy Profile (DEP), a psychometric measure of alcohol expectancy and drinking refusal self-efficacy, was administered to 298 alcohol-dependent patients (207 males) at assessment and on completion of a 12-week cognitive–behavioral therapy alcohol abstinence program. Baseline measures of expectancy and self-efficacy were not strong predictors of outcome. However, for the 164 patients who completed treatment, all alcohol expectancy and self-efficacy factors of the DEP showed change over time. The DEP scores approximated community norms at the end of treatment. Discriminant analysis indicated that change in social pressure drinking refusal self-efficacy, sexual enhancement expectancies, and assertion expectancies successfully discriminated those who successfully completed treatment from those who did not. Future research should examine the basis of expectancies related to social functioning as a possible mechanism of treatment response and a means to enhance treatment outcome.
Details
- Title
- Alcohol expectancy changes over a 12-week cognitive–behavioral therapy program are predictive of treatment success
- Authors
- Ross Young (Author) - Princess Alexandra HospitalJason P Connor (Author) - Princess Alexandra HospitalGerald F.X Feeney (Author) - Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Publication details
- Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, Vol.40(1), pp.18-25
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc.
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jsat.2010.08.003
- ISSN
- 1873-6483
- PMID
- 20864294
- Organisation Unit
- Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation); University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99551007102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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