title: Relationship of DUI recidivism to moral reasoning, sensation seeking, and MacAndrew alcoholism scores.
abstract: 115 convicted male DUI offenders were treated with Moral Reconation Therapy during their incarceration. Postrelease recidivism status (arrests) was correlated with the pretest, posttest, and change scores on the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale, Sensation Seeking Scale, Life-purpose scores, and Moral Reasoning scores. Analysis showed that recidivism correlated positively and significantly with the pretest scores on the MacAndrew scale and approached significance with both pre- and posttest scores on the Sensation Seeking Scale. Recidivism status correlated negatively and significantly with scores on the highest levels of moral reasoning (Scale 6 pretest and posttest and Principled Reasoning pretest).
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Little
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology*; D001143:Arousal; D001334:Automobile Driving; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009014:Morals; D010556:Personality Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D012008:Recurrence