title: The relationship of self-esteem and self-efficacy to treatment outcomes of alcohol-dependent men and women.
abstract: This study investigates whether self-esteem is associated with clinical and demographic characteristics, self-efficacy expectancies, and post-treatment drinking outcomes. Forty-one (40.6%) women and 60 (59.4%) men were recruited during inpatient alcohol dependence treatment. At baseline, lower self-esteem was significantly associated with current depression and other psychiatric disorders. Self-esteem was not related to gender, relapse, other one-year drinking outcomes, or self-efficacy. Age and psychiatric disorders were strong predictors of self-esteem at follow-up. This study suggests that different perceptions of the self have unique roles in recovery from alcohol use disorders.
authors: McLean Hospital, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA.
authors: Elisa M
authors: EM
authors: Trucco
authors: Hilary Smith
authors: HS
authors: Connery
authors: Margaret L
authors: ML
authors: Griffin
authors: Shelly F
authors: SF
authors: Greenfield
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012649:Self Concept; D020377:Self Efficacy; D016896:Treatment Outcome