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Examining Concurrent Validity and Predictive Utility for the Addiction Severity Index and Texas Christian University (TCU) Short Forms
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Pankow, Jennifer; Simpson, D. Dwayne; Joe, George W.; Rowan-Szal, Grace A.; Knight, Kevin; Meason, Paul – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2012
Treatment providers need tools that are designed to identify risk, treatment needs, and monitor client engagement. These are essential components in substance abuse treatment for offender populations. In this study, the authors evaluated a flexible set of one-page modular assessments known as the Texas Christian University (TCU) Short Forms and…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Validity, Drug Rehabilitation, Severity (of Disability)
A Longitudinal Study of Inhalant Use: Overview and Discussion of Findings.
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Simpson, D. Dwayne; Barrett, Mark E. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1991
Summarizes major findings of interrelated longitudinal studies of 110 Mexican-American adolescent inhalant users. Discusses subject characteristics and educational background, criminality, patterns of drug and alcohol use, reasons for inhalant use, medical and psychological problems, family and peer influences, and an integration prediction model…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Drug Rehabilitation, Inhalants
Engagement Models for Adolescents in DATOS-A.
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Broome, Kirk M.; Joe, George W.; Simpson, D. Dwayne – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2001
Examined relationships between patient background, treatment readiness, and therapeutic engagement in national sample of adolescents admitted to 20 treatment programs representing 3 modalities (residential, outpatient drug free, and short-term inpatient). Found that patients with higher treatment readiness at intake subsequently became more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Learning Readiness
Evaluation of Drug Abuse Treatment Effectiveness: Summary of the DARP Followup Research. Treatment Research Report.
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Simpson, D. Dwayne; Sells, S. B. – 1982
The Drug Abuse Reporting Program (DARP) was initiated in 1969 as a federally supported client reporting system for community-based drug abuse treatment programs. Posttreatment follow-up interviews were conducted with over 4,000 persons from 34 treatment agencies to describe major findings from the drug abuse treatment research of the DARP relating…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Followup Studies
An Assessment of Prison-Based Drug Treatment; Texas' In-Prison Therapeutic Community Program.
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Knight, Kevin; Simpson, D. Dwayne; Chatham, Lois R.; Camacho, L. Mabel – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1997
Provides an overview of a comprehensive, prison-based treatment assessment, including a six-month follow-up study. Results show that 80% of the inmates referred to the program graduated. Graduates demonstrated marked reductions in criminal and drug-use activity and had lower relapse and recidivism rates when compared to other parolees. (RJM)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Crime Prevention, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation
Leisure of Opiate Addicts at Posttreatment Follow-Up.
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Simpson, D. Dwayne; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Comparisons of self-reported leisure showed an overall shift toward more positive, socially accepted leisure activities at follow-up. More free time was spent with family and friends who did not use drugs. Positive leisure at follow-up was related to favorable outcomes on drug use, criminality, and productive activities. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Family Influence