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Analysis of the stages of change model of drug and alcohol treatment readiness among prisoners
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posted on 2012-04-01, 00:00 authored by F D'Sylva, Joe Graffam, Lesley Hardcastle, Alison ShinkfieldAlison ShinkfieldA classification and regression tree (CART) analysis was applied to data for 237 male participants (M = 31.93 years, SD = 7.64) in a prison-based substance abuse treatment program to study the integrity of the Stages of Change model of treatment readiness. Using the Stages of Change Questionnaire (STOCQ), participants were assigned to Contemplation (102), Action (118), or Maintenance (17) groups. A CART analysis then examined differences in the overall group profiles on the basis of scores on the Psychological Inventory of Criminal Thinking, the Situational Confidence Questionnaire, and the Carlson Psychological Survey. The assumption of discrete stages of change was not supported. Alternative models are suggested: one based on states of change and one on personality characteristics. A focus on equal attention to both cognitive and behavioral aspects of substance abuse treatment readiness is suggested.
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International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminologyVolume
56Issue
2Pagination
265 - 280Publisher
SAGELocation
Thousand Oaks, Calif.Publisher DOI
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0306-624XeISSN
1552-6933Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2012, The Author(s)Usage metrics
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stages of changemaintenanceactioncontemplationdrug treatment readinessCART analysisSocial SciencesCriminology & PenologyPsychology, AppliedPsychologyREGRESSION TREE ANALYSISTRANSTHEORETICAL MODELOFFENDER READINESSBEHAVIOR-CHANGEABUSE TREATMENTMOTIVATIONCLASSIFICATIONPSYCHOTHERAPYRISKQUESTIONNAIRELaw
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