title: The impact of reality therapy on self-efficacy for substance-involved female offenders in Taiwan.
abstract: This study aimed to fulfill a twofold purpose. First, a 12-session reality therapy drug treatment program to enhance substance-involved females' self-efficacy in three aspects, which have been demonstrated to be essential to recovery, was designed and implemented. Second, to test the effectiveness of the treatment program, the Index of Sense of Self-Efficacy Scale was developed and validated using Principal Component Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. The participants in the drug treatment program were 40 incarcerated substance-involved female offenders, who were randomly assigned to equal-sized experimental and control groups. The results of the study, obtained by ANCOVA analysis, showed significant differences in the post-test scores for sense of self-efficacy in decision making, action-planning, and coping and social skills for the members of the two groups.
authors.affiliation: Tiffin University, OH, USA lawf@tiffin.edu.
authors.forename: Fang Mei
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Law
authors.affiliation: National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Gwo Jen
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology*; D011937:Reality Therapy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000379:methods*; D020377:Self Efficacy; D066107:Social Skills; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Taiwan; drug treatment; reality therapy; sense of self-efficacy; substance-involved female offender