- Title
- To enforce or engage: the relationship between coercion, treatment motivation and therapeutic alliance within community-based drug and alcohol clients
- Creator
- Wolfe, Samantha; Kay-Lambkin, Frances; Bowman, Jenny; Childs, Steven
- Relation
- Addictive Behaviors Vol. 38, Issue 5, p. 2187-2195
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2013.01.017
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2013
- Description
- Abstract: Three fundamental clinical issues are consistently associated with treatment engagement and outcomes in substance using populations; coercion, motivation and therapeutic alliance. It is accepted that these factors play an integral role in the success of substance use treatment and particularly that higher motivation and therapeutic alliance are advantageous to treatment outcomes. The impact of coercion on engagement and treatment outcome, on the other hand, is less clear, and the relationship between these three issues has not been adequately explored. The current study aimed to address this gap, by examining the presenting characteristics of clients attending a community drug and alcohol counselling service in relation to coercion, motivation, therapeutic alliance and substance use, as well as the effect that these variables had on treatment outcomes 15weeks later. A total of 77 clients recruited from the Central Coast Drug and Alcohol Service participated in the study, completing a phone assessment upon treatment entry and 15weeks post-baseline. Results indicated that facets of motivation and therapeutic alliance played a significant role in client''s substance use upon presentation for treatment, although coercion did not. Coercion was not associated with substance use outcomes at 15week follow up. However, due to a relatively small sample completing post-baseline assessments (n=33), further research is needed to examine the predictive effects of these variables in community drug and alcohol clients. [Copyright &y& Elsevier] Copyright of Addictive Behaviors is the property of Pergamon Press - An Imprint of Elsevier Science and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract.
- Subject
- coercion; substance use; treatment motivation; therapeutic alliance
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1063454
- Identifier
- uon:17282
- Identifier
- ISSN:0306-4603
- Language
- eng
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