title: Attributions and relapse in opiate addicts.
abstract: This study investigated whether attributions of opiate addicts would predict both their ability to abstain from future use and their reactions to abstinence violations. Measures of generalized beliefs about responsibility for positive and negative outcomes and specific attributions about relapse episodes were elicited from 80 addicts at the time of admission for inpatient detoxification and treatment. Addicts who at admission attributed to themselves greater responsibility for negative outcomes and who attributed relapse episodes to more personally controllable factors were subsequently (at 6-month follow-up) more likely either to be completely abstinent or to contain the effects of temporary lapses into opiate use.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, England.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Bradley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gossop
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Brewin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Green
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D009293:Opioid-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology