Faculty Articles
Relationship between Posttreatment Drinking and Alternative Responses to High-Risk Situations Proposed During Treatment by Problem Drinkers
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1996
Publication Title
Journal of Substance Abuse
Volume
8
Issue/Number
4
First Page
479
ISSN
0899-3289
Last Page
486
Abstract/Excerpt
Problem drinkers' alternatives to high-risk situations were evaluated and related to treatment outcome. participants were 80 problem drinkers (64% males, 36% females) who completed a brief outpatient Guided Self-Change treatment. Treatment included a homework exercise where clients identified two to three high-risk situations and generated alternative responses for each situation. Based on a coding scheme developed by Moser and Annis (1996), responses were coded as (a) cognitive or behavioral, and (b) active or avoidant. Results indicated that the proportion of cognitive coping responses (e.g., thinking through the consequences) was positively related to posttreatment improvement. This prospective study suggests that intention to use active cognitive coping responses influences the relapse process.
DOI
10.1016/S0899-3289(96)90009-7
NSUWorks Citation
Breslin, F. C.,
Sobell, M. B.,
Sobell, L. C.,
Sdao-Jarvie, K.,
Sagorsky, L.
(1996). Relationship between Posttreatment Drinking and Alternative Responses to High-Risk Situations Proposed During Treatment by Problem Drinkers. Journal of Substance Abuse, 8(4), 479-486.
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