The relationship between alcohol expectancies and drinking restraint in treatment seeking alcohol dependent patients

Connor, Jason P.; Gudgeon, Elea T.; Young, Ross McD.; Saunders, John B.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2006.11.001

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“…All scored 6 or higher (M = 16.72, SD = 7.57) on the Brief Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (bMAST range = 0-29, scores of 6 or higher associated with a high likelihood of alcohol dependence; Pokorny, Miller, & Kaplan, 1972). The bMAST is a robust marker of alcohol problem severity (Schuckit, 2009), with a recent validation study of more than 6,500 patients referred for alcohol use disorders (Connor, Gudgeon, Young, & Saunders, 2007b). The average daily consumption of the sample was 14.7 (SD = 8.3) standard drinks.…”

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Alcohol expectancy changes over a 12-week cognitive–behavioral therapy program are predictive of treatment success

Young

Connor

Feeney

2011

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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Alcohol expectancy changes over a 12-week cognitive–behavioral therapy program are predictive of treatment success

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2011

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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“…In a similar study, Connor et al (2000) also found diffi culty controlling alcohol intake was the best predictor of greater levels of dependence on the ADS with a sample of both men and women and that assertion, dependence, and cognitive changes concerning drinking expectancy were also related to the ADS. In a later study, Connor et al (2007) reported the ADS was positively related to drinking expectancy and drinking refusal self-effi cacy, cognitive emotional preoccupation with drinking, and quantity of drinking. Hodgins and Lightfoot (1989) found that higher scores on the ADS were highly and positively correlated with the number of standard drinks consumed per day, years of problem drinking, the need for assistance with alcohol problems, the role of alcohol and drugs in crime, and aggression when drinking.…”

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A Validation Study of the Alcohol Dependence Scale

Doyle

Donovan

2009

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

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ABSTRACT. Objective:The primary purpose of this study was to provide a comprehensive assessment of the underlying factor structure of the Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS). Secondary goals included assessing concurrent validity of the total ADS and subscales derived from the factor analyses with variables related to alcohol dependence and further evaluating the validity of two proposed dichotomously scored, reduced-item ADS measures. Method: Responses to the ADS were obtained from participants who met Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, criteria for alcohol dependence in two large randomized clinical trials: COMBINE (Combining Medications and Behavioral Interventions Study; n = 1,335; 69% male) and Project MATCH (Matching Alcoholism Treatments to Client Heterogeneity; n = 1,666; 75% male). Both exploratory and confi rmatory factor analyses were conducted, and validity coeffi cients were obtained. Results: Across samples, analyses supported a correlated, three-factor solution representing loss of behavioral control and heavy drinking, obsessive-compulsive drinking style, and psychoperceptual and psychophysical withdrawal. The ADS was signifi cantly related to other measures of severity of dependence, craving for and preoccupation with drinking, temptation to drink and confi dence in the ability to not drink in high-risk relapse situations, heavy and sustained drinking patterns, concerns about negative alcohol-related consequences, and awareness of problematic drinking. Conclusions: These fi ndings support a three-factor solution for the ADS and its ability to assess the construct of alcohol dependence in a reliable and valid manner. The 12-item reduced ADS measure (refl ecting mostly dependence-related items), as opposed to the 9-item reduced ADS measure (generally excessive drinking items), provided validity coeffi cients comparable to the total, 25-item ADS. (J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs 70: [689][690][691][692][693][694][695][696][697][698][699] 2009)

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“…Scores from the AEQ have been able to explain variance in drinking patterns across a wide variety of populations (e.g. Brown, Goldman, & Christiansen, 1985;Carey, 1995;Connor, Gudgeon, Young, & Saunders, 2007;Read, Wood, Kahler, Maddock, & Palfai, 2003;Stein, Goldman, & del Boca, 2000). Norms for clinical and non-clinical adolescents and adults have been developed across the six positive alcohol expectancies (Brown, et al, 1987).…”

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Using the Drinking Expectancy Questionnaire (revised scoring method) in clinical practice

Dingle

2012

Addictive Behaviors

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The Drinking Expectancy Questionnaire (Young & Knight, 1989;Young & Oei, 1996) has been widely used in clinical and research settings over the past 20 years. A revised scoring method with a five-factor structure has been proposed but no normative data for this method is available (Lee, Oei, Greeley, & Baglioni, 2003). The aim of this study is to establish norms for the five expectancy subscales (Social Confidence; Sexual Interest; Cognitive Enhancement; Tension Reduction; and Negative Consequences) in a sample of adults entering hospital treatment for alcohol dependence (N=163) and a sample of university undergraduate students (N= 110). Clinical sample means on the expectancy subscales tended to be substantially higher than the means for the student sample, with the exception of Sexual Interest (which was higher in the students). Interestingly, the Negative Consequences subscale mean was more than two standard deviations higher in the clinical sample, and was strongly correlated with measures of depression, anxiety and stress. The Negative Consequences scores were strongly associated with drinking risk in the student sample but were not related to drinking measures in the clinical sample. A ROC analysis established a cut-off on the DEQ total of 107 that distinguished dependent drinkers from student drinkers with high sensitivity and specificity. The clinical utility of the DEQ in general will be discussed.

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The relationship between alcohol expectancies and drinking restraint in treatment seeking alcohol dependent patients

Cited by 20 publications

References 28 publications

Alcohol expectancy changes over a 12-week cognitive–behavioral therapy program are predictive of treatment success

Alcohol expectancy changes over a 12-week cognitive–behavioral therapy program are predictive of treatment success

A Validation Study of the Alcohol Dependence Scale

Using the Drinking Expectancy Questionnaire (revised scoring method) in clinical practice

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