The changes of self-efficacy and perceived social support of addicted to alcohol women and men during treatment period

Abstract

Abstract. Background. In order to develop an effective alcohol and other psychoactive substance use prevention programs and improving addiction treatment methods, it is useful to determine the evolution of specific psychological factors of addiction disease during treatment. The aim of the research is to determine the changes in selfefficacy and perceived social support of alcohol-addicted men and women during the treatment. Results. The overall self-efficacy, drinking refusal self-efficacy and perceived social support of alcohol-addicted men and women at the end of treatment was higher than at the start of treatment. Changes in the overall self-efficacy, drinking refusal self-efficacy and perceived social support do not differ in alcohol-addicted men and women in the course of treatment. The results showed that there is a link between the overall self-efficacy, drinking refusal self-efficacy and perceived social support in alcohol-addicted women and men both at the start and at the end of treatment, when the participants age ranges from 40 to 59 years. A link has also been found between the overall self-efficacy and perceived social support after the treatment among the participants aged from 18 to 39 years. The Linear regression model showed that a change in drinking refusal self-efficacy in women can be predicted in regard to their perceived social support change, drinking refusal self-efficacy before treatment and perceived social support before 1 For contact: milda.cibulskyte@gmail.com.Milda Cibulskytė, Loreta Zajančkauskaitė-Staskevičienė 24 treatment. A change in drinking refusal self-efficacy in men can be predicted with regard to their drinking refusal self-efficacy before treatment and the change in the overall self-efficacy.

Effect of Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) on the self efficacy of Individuals of Alcohol dependence

“…A study conducted to see the status of self-efficacy and perceived social support of 101 alcohol-dependent subjects in Kansas county center for addictive disorders after treating them through Minnesota 12-step program concluded that the overall self-efficacy, drinking refusal self-efficacy and social support of alcohol-dependent women and men at the end of treatment was higher than at the beginning of treatment which supports our finding. [ 18 ] A study conducted to examine the impact of MI on self-efficacy, motivation, and outcome expectancies in adolescents. The finding depicts that the intervention assisted in the behavior change in the positive way indicates an enhancement in motivation and abstinence from the use of substance, also an increase in the self-efficacy to be able to ignore the addictive agent.…”