Attitudes toward alcoholism in volunteer therapist aides: Do they change?

Leigh, Gillian; Gerrish, Robin

doi:10.1016/0376-8716(86)90089-x

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

1986

DOI: 10.1016/0376-8716(86)90089-x

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Attitudes toward alcoholism in volunteer therapist aides: Do they change?

Gillian Leigh¹,

Robin Gerrish²

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Volunteer Assistance in the Treatment of Chronic Alcoholism^*

Leigh

Hodgins

Milne³

et al. 1999

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Chronic alcoholics often have great difficulty in adjusting their lifestyle to accommodate the goals agreed upon in treatment. A 16-week behavioral self-management program, which emphasized creating lifestyle changes in the community, was offered to 193 clients. To assist in the process of treatment delivery, half of the clients were offered the support of trained community volunteers during the treatment program. To give volunteers a time period in which to to meet and start working with their clients, only those clients who completed at least the first 4 weeks of the 16-week program (N = 106) were included in the evaluation. Independent follow-up was conducted over a 12-month period. A significant reduction in alcohol consumption was found for clients of both the volunteer-support (VS; N = 52) and the office-based (OB; N = 54) groups; this reduction was maintained over the 12 months of review, with no major differences found between groups. Volunteers rated high on particular characteristics assisted the client more effectively during treatment than those rated low. The variability in hours spent between volunteer-client pairs appeared to mask any main effects, and also the length of the contact period with the volunteer was too short. It is recommended that the use of volunteers be evaluated further by extending the client contact time into the follow-up period.

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Volunteer Assistance in the Treatment of Chronic Alcoholism^*

Leigh

Hodgins

Milne³

et al. 1999

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Sociological Research on Alcohol Use, Problems, and Policy

Bucholz

Robins

1989

Annu. Rev. Sociol.

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This review of sociologically relevant alcohol research addresses definitions of alcohol problems, describes patterns and trends in adult drinking practices and problems and correlates of alcoholism, and describes social policy responses to alcohol. With implications for many measures of social wellbeing, alcohol research is relevant to almost all areas of traditional sociological interest, intersecting with religious and ethnic studies, with studies of social change and social movements, with theories of social control, with criminology and social deviance, with media research and analysis of social organizations, with study of age and gender roles, with medical sociology, and with sociology of the work place. Sociologically relevant alcohol research of the last few years, while rich in the above areas, is by no means exhausted and holds great potential to illuminate issues of general interest to sociologists as well as to specialists in medical sociology or deviance.

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Attitudes toward alcoholism in volunteer therapist aides: Do they change?

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Attitudes toward alcoholism in volunteer therapist aides: Do they change?

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Volunteer Assistance in the Treatment of Chronic Alcoholism^*

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