Title:
Success in treatment for female substance abusers as a function of locus of control and commitment
Author:
Tracy D. Triplitt
Committee Member:
Alan Plotkin
Committee Member:
David Crough
Committee Member:
Ray Wilson
Degree Granting Institution:
Loyola University Maryland--College of Arts and Sciences
Place:
Baltimore (Md.)
Publisher:
Loyola University Maryland
Date Created:
1992
Type of Resource:
text
Genre:
thesis
Language:
eng
Format:
application/pdf
Physical Form:
electronic
Digital Source:
reformatted digital
Abstract:
This study examined locus of control, attendance, and success in treatment, as evidenced by lowered drug and alcohol use, in substance abusers. The sample, 26 women from AWARE Counseling Center, provided data by completing the following: 1) Personal Data Questionnaire, 2) Informed Consent, 3) Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal External Locus of Control Scale, 4) Addiction Severity Index, and 5) Addiction Severity Index Follow-up. The findings of the current study failed to support the following hypotheses: 1) an internal shift in locus of control was related to attendance in treatment, 2) subjects' lowered drug and alcohol use was related to attendance in treatment, and 3) an internal shift in locus of control was related to success in treatment. Recommendations for future research are discussed.
Subject:
Women--Substance abuse
Subject:
Locus of control
Subject:
Substance abuse--Treatment--Psychological aspects
Subject:
Behavior modification
Subject:
Commitment (Psychology)
Degree:
Master of Arts
Level:
Master
Discipline:
Psychology
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Identifier:
TriplittTD-92
