Changes in Locus-of-Control Attitudes about Drug Misuse in a Self-Help Group in a Methadone Maintenance Clinic
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of the Addictions
- Vol. 30 (6) , 765-778
- https://doi.org/10.3109/10826089509048758
Abstract
Clients of a methadone-maintenance clinic in Brooklyn, New York participating in a clinically-guided self-help (CGSH) program plus standard treatment (methadone maintenance plus individual counseling) demonstrated statistically significant changes in locus-of-control beliefs, from external to internal causation, about personal responsibility for drug misuse. Members of two control groups--one participating in a didactic lecture program plus standard treatment and the other receiving only standard treatment--failed to demonstrate similar changes. This increase in internal locus of control in the CGSH group suggests the potential efficacy of CGSH as a relapse-prevention therapeutic technique.Keywords
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