Assessing Motivation to Change Among Problem Drinkers with and without Co-occurring Major Depression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13914708 |
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| Authors | Alan L Shields (0000-0003-3362-3135, McLean Hospital, corresponding author), Michael R Hufford (University of Montana) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 401-408 |
| Publication date | 2005-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Psychoactive Drugs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0279-1072 • E-ISSN: 2159-9777 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02791072.2005.10399813 |
| PMID | 16480167 |
| OpenAlex | W1978307416 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
The University of Rhode Island Change Assessment Scale (URICA) is a widely used measure of readiness to change. To evaluate the URICA's ability to discriminate among alcohol abusers with and without co-occurring major depression, the authors administered it to 193 outpatients court-referred for alcohol treatment. Estimates of internal consistency suggest that scoring the URICA using its traditional factors, as well as using the newer Readiness to Change index, produced variable yet adequately reliable scores. Further, the URICA detected statistically significant differences in motivation to change an alcohol problem between an alcohol use disorder group (AD; n = 131) and an alcohol use disorder with co-occurring depression group (AD/D; n = 62) with the AD/D group showing greater readiness to change. For the AD/D group, separate URICAs were given for alcohol use and depressed mood. Confirming previous findings, results suggest the URICA may lack sensitivity to discriminate among two simultaneously occurring psychological disorders
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