Beliefs About Confrontation Among Substance Abuse Counselors

Are They Consistent with the Evidence

Bibliographic Data

ID12787136
AuthorsThomas D Davis (California State University, San Bernardino, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume2
Issue1-2
Pages1-17
Publication date2005-05-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Evidence-Based Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1543-3714 • E-ISSN: 1543-3722
PublisherHaworth Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1300/j394v02n01_01
OpenAlexW1600044771
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited27

Substance abuse researchers have recommended that substance abuse counselors and helping professionals use a non-confrontational counseling approach when addressing client denial. Yet little is known about substance abuse counselor beliefs about the use of confrontation. The purpose of this study was to use the Theory of Reasoned Action to qualitatively capture, quantitatively evaluate, and theoretically interpret beliefs about confrontation among 124 substance abuse counselors in residential and outpatient treatment facilities. Counselor beliefs accounted for nearly one-third of the variance in counselor intention to use a confrontational counseling approach. Counselors who engaged in professional development activities held more favorable beliefs toward a non-confrontational counseling approach than counselors who had not engaged in such activities. Based on the findings in this study, counselor beliefs hold promise as critical components in developing an empirical and theoretical understanding of the gap between research and practice in substance abuse counseling

Action (physics · Counselor education · Denial · Higher education · Psychotherapist · Substance abuse · Substance use · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Clinical Psychology · Counseling Practices and Supervision · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications