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Mensinger, Janell Lynn; Lynch, Kevin G.; Tenhave, Thomas R.; McKay, James R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2007
A previous randomized trial with 224 alcohol and/or cocaine addicts who had completed an initial phase of treatment indicated that 12 weeks of telephone-based continuing care yielded higher abstinence rates over 24 months than did group counseling continuing care. The current study examined mediators of this treatment effect. Results suggested…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Cocaine, Telecommunications, Counseling Techniques
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Rutherford, Megan; Cacciola, John S.; Alterman, Arthur I.; McKay, James R.; Cook, Terry G. – Assessment, 1999
Examined the two-year test-retest reliability of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (R. Hare, 1991)(PCL-R) in 200 men and 25 women methadone patients. Stability of the PCL-R was generally good, but the measure was somewhat more reliable as a continuous measure than a dichotomous measure. (SLD)
Descriptors: Drug Rehabilitation, Longitudinal Studies, Patients, Psychopathology
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McKay, James R.; Buka, Stephen L. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1994
Presents findings from research programs: first on substance abuse in juvenile offenders/adolescents with psychiatric/behavioral disorders focused on treatment issues (attributions for substance use, beliefs about effects of drugs, perceptions of family functioning); and second on psychiatric disorders in adolescent substance abuse patients…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Counseling Techniques