Ecological Assessment of Substance-abuse Experiences (EASE): findings from a new instrument development pilot study.
A newly developed instrument that assesses a client's orientation to addiction or recovery communities using social context referents was pilot tested with a sample of 103 adults seeking treatment for substance abuse at outpatient and residential treatment facilities on the East Coast. Preliminary findings show promising subscale reliabilities, and suggest that drug- and recovery-related social identities are related to drug-use severity and drug-use concern; and drug-related attitudinal congruence between the treatment-seeker and family and treatment-seeker and other significant persons are related to intention to make behavioral changes in reducing substance abuse.
Matto
Holly C
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School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, State University of New York, 135 Western Ave, Albany, NY 12222, United States. hmatto@albany.edu
Miller
Keith
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Spera
Christopher
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D012649:Self Concept; D012933:Social Identification; D012944:Social Support; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy