Factors affecting an individual's admission into substance abuse treatment

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Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Education
Department Educational Psychology
Author Meyers, Kimberly Jo
Title Factors affecting an individual's admission into substance abuse treatment
Date 2011-12
Description This study was looking at the factors that predicted an individual’s initial entrance into substance abuse treatment. More specifically, this study looked at the influence between an individual’s demographics, preferred drug of choice and number of Interim Groups attended and how these factors related to the individual’s motivation to follow through with substance abuse treatment. The participants in this study were individuals who were on local substance abuse treatment waiting lists. An analysis of the data was conducted using logistic regression. The statistical results indicated that demographics and preferred drug of choice were not predictive of an individual’s substance abuse treatment entry. Factors such as the number of Interim Groups attended and the individual’s motivation and readiness for substance abuse treatment, as measured by the SOCRATES, were found to be significant, although they offered little predictive value regarding subsequent substance abuse treatment attendance. Research and clinical implications of these findings were discussed.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Substance abuse treatment
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name Master of Science
Language eng
Rights Management Copyright © Kimberly Jo Meyers 2011
Format Medium application/pdf
Format Extent 301,710 bytes
Identifier us-etd3,69759
Source Original in Marriott Library Special Collections, RC39.5 2011 .M49
ARK ark:/87278/s6hd89c0
Setname ir_etd
ID 194360
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hd89c0