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Eller, James Ryan – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Although there has been considerable empirical support for the effect of reflection, and specifically reflective activities, within the domain of transformative learning (Ballon & Skinner, 2008; King, 2004; Mezirow, 2012; Roessger, 2014; Taylor, 2017), there is a gap in the literature concerning the value of formal reflective activities when…
Descriptors: Addictive Behavior, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Reflection
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Clem, Jamie M.; Smith, Thomas E.; Richards, Kristin V. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2012
Substance abuse researchers identify self-efficacy and group cohesion as important components in alcohol and other drug-dependency treatment. Objectives: The purpose of this single-group, pretest-posttest study is to explore the therapeutic value of a challenge course intervention on the self-efficacy and group cohesion of nine chemically…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Intervention, Self Efficacy, Focus Groups
Abt, Lawrence Edwin, Ed.; Weissman, Stuart L. – 1965
The beneficial and harmful effects of acting out are studied in a series of short essays by numerous authors. Included are four articles on the theoretical and dynamic considerations of acting out, along with five clinical manifestations of acting out involving suicide and criminality in adolescents and adults. Special forms of harmful acting out…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Alcoholism, Behavior Problems
Chase, Nelson K. – 1981
The Colorado Outward Bound School (COBS) provides successful adjunct programs for special populations undergoing therapy at the Adventure Home (Boulder, CO), the Juvenile Justice Program and the St. Luke's Hospital Alcoholism Recovery Unit (Denver, CO), and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Department of Psychiatry (Hanover, NH). The goals of…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Alcoholism, Behavior Change, Communication Skills