Process Predictors of the Outcome of Group Drug Counseling

Autor/inn/en	Crits-Christoph, Paul; Johnson, Jennifer E.; Connolly Gibbons, Mary Beth; Gallop, Robert
Titel	Process Predictors of the Outcome of Group Drug Counseling
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81 (2013) 1, S.23-34 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
DOI	10.1037/a0030101
Schlagwörter	Drug Addiction; Feedback (Response); Counseling Objectives; Patients; Cocaine; Outcomes of Treatment; Group Therapy; Predictor Variables; Video Technology; Drug Rehabilitation; Correlation; Individual Differences; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Prediction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drug dependence; Drug consomption; Drogenabhängigkeit; Patient; Kokain; Prädiktor; Drogentherapie; Korrelation; Individueller Unterschied; Vorhersage
Abstract	Objective: This study examined the relation of process variables to the outcome of group drug counseling, a commonly used community treatment, for cocaine dependence. Method: Videotaped group drug counseling sessions from 440 adult patients (23% female, 41% minority) were rated for member alliance, group cohesion, participation, self-disclosure, as well as positive and non-positive feedback and advice during the 6-month treatment of cocaine dependence. Average, session-level, and slopes of process scores were evaluated. Primary outcomes were monthly cocaine use (days using out of 30), next session cocaine use, and duration of sustained abstinence from cocaine. Secondary outcomes were endorsement of 12-step philosophy and beliefs about substance abuse. Results: More positive alliances (with counselor) were associated with reductions in days using cocaine per month and next-session cocaine use and increases in endorsement of 12-step philosophy. Patient self-disclosure about the past and degree of participation in the group were generally not predictive of group drug counseling outcomes. More advice from counselor and other group members were consistently associated with poorer outcomes in all categories. Individual differences in changes in process variables over time (linear slopes) were generally not predictive of treatment outcomes. Conclusions: Some group behaviors widely believed to be associated with outcome, such as self-disclosure and participation, were not generally predictive of outcomes of group drug counseling, but alliance with the group counselor was positively associated, and advice giving was negatively associated, with the outcome of treatments for cocaine dependence. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10