title: Assessment of change in scores on personal control orientation and use of drugs and alcohol of adolescents who participate in a cognitively oriented pretreatment intervention.
abstract: The primary purpose of this study was to assess the effect of participation in a cognitively oriented, pretreatment intervention on the control orientation of substance-using behavior of 48 adolescents admitted to drug-free outpatient treatment. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of two treatment conditions and to one of two counselors. A comparison of changes in control orientation between groups was made after implementation of the intervention with the treated group and after both groups had participated in six counseling sessions. A 2-way multivariate analysis of covariance showed type of treatment was significant. Follow-up analyses indicated the treated group were significantly more internal than the control group at both posttest occasions. A one-tailed chi-squared test indicated no significant association in substance use for the groups.
authors.affiliation: Psychotherapy Associates, Bayonne, New Jersey.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Figurelli
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Kowalski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*