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Cognitive Inductions Into Treatment Among Drug Users on Probation

NCJ Number
163933
Journal
Journal of Drug Issues Volume: 25 Issue: 4 Dated: (Fall 1995) Pages: 669- 682
Author(s)
D Farabee; D D Simpson; D Dansereau; K Knight
Date Published
1995
Length
14 pages
Annotation
A cognitive tool designed to enhance drug treatment motivation among 33 drug users on probation in a residential treatment was evaluated with respect to its effectiveness.
Abstract
The tool consisted of a task in which drug users listed the negative consequences of drug use as well as the positive consequences of abstinence as they related to the following seven parts of the self: social, mental, behavioral, physical, emotional, motivational, and spiritual/philosophical. Results revealed that performing this cognitive induction task within the first 10 days of treatment (immediate induction) did not appear to enhance motivational readiness for treatment. However, a comparison group receiving the induction strategy 1 month after entering treatment (delayed induction) scored significantly higher on motivational measures than did those in the immediate induction group. Findings indicated that participants in involuntary treatment require a brief acclimation period before shifting their focus from external pressures such as reacting against authority and the newly imposed structure to internal issues such as a personal evaluation of the consequences of drug use. Table and 36 references (Author abstract modified)

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