title: Role of self-efficacy in predicting outcomes from a programme for controlled drinking.
abstract: This study predicts the outcomes of 40 men and 20 women who attended a controlled drinking programme within a general hospital. Drinking levels over a 6-month follow-up were significantly predicted by consumption during the programme, by the severity of alcohol problems in the past and by a new measure of self-efficacy level that was administered at post-treatment. The self-efficacy prediction was still significant even after all of the other variables were forced to enter a prediction equation. Results are discussed in terms of a social-cognitive theory of sustained response to treatment.
authors.affiliation: Drug and Alcohol Department, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, Australia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sitharthan
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kavanagh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D010556:Personality Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D013695:Temperance / Q000523:psychology