Verbal Ability Predicts Abstinence from Drugs and Alcohol in a Residential Treatment Population

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ID13670536
AuthorsAllison Wehr (University of Connecticut School of Medicine, corresponding author), Lance O Bauer (0000-0002-6034-1611, University of Connecticut School of Medicine)
Year1999
Volume84
Issue3_suppl
Pages1354-1360
Publication date1999-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1999.84.3c.1354
PMID10477951
OpenAlexW2062719577
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

Measures of cognitive ability, depression, anxiety, antisocial personality, as well as length, type and severity of addiction were obtained from 122 substance abusers enrolled in residential treatment programs. Over a subsequent 6-mo. monitoring period, relapse to substance use was detected in 46 subjects. 17 subjects withdrew from treatment for other reasons and their relapse status was unknown. The remaining 59 maintained abstinence from alcohol or drug use throughout the monitoring period. The only variables to differentiate the groups significantly on outcome were IQ and the Verbal subtest from the Shipley Institute of Living Scale. Stepwise discriminant function analysis indicated that the Verbal component alone correctly identified 64.4% of patients who would successfully remain abstinent

Abstinence · Addiction · Alcohol · Anxiety · Cognition · Depression (economics · Discriminant function analysis · Environmental health · Personality · Population · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects · Psychology · Schizophrenia research and treatment · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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