Difference in Response to Feedback and Gender in Three Therapeutic Community Units

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ID15519137
AuthorsKeith Warren (0000-0003-1055-1749, The Ohio State University, corresponding author), Nathan J Doogan, Nathan Doogan (The Ohio State University), Fiona Doherty (0000-0002-5991-0581, The Ohio State University)
Year2021
Volume12
Pages690713-690713
Publication date2021-06-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2021.690713
PMID34276450
OpenAlexW3176627884
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited42

Therapeutic communities (TCs) for substance abuse incorporate a system of peer feedback through written affirmations and corrections. Previous research has found that TC residents show a response to affirmations that is detectable for roughly 8 weeks, with response to corrections being of shorter duration and weaker overall. It is not clear whether and to what extent response to feedback in TCs varies between men and women. Previous research in other settings suggests that women should be more responsive to feedback than men. In order to test this hypothesis we draw on a large dataset of affirmations and corrections sent and received in three 80 bed TC units, two of which house men and one of which houses women. The analysis uses a multilevel negative binomial model, treating affirmations and corrections that TC residents receive as predictors of affirmations that they send over a 9 week period (week 0, the week during which affirmations and corrections are actually sent, and eight subsequent weeks). The model controls for gender, age, race, unit and scores on the Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R). The relationship between affirmations received and those sent is stronger for women during the initial week and on lags 1-2 and 5-8. The relationship between corrections received and affirmations sent is stronger for women on lags 2 and 8. Graphs suggest that response to affirmations falls off in an exponential curve, while that to corrections appears to include a periodic element. These results indicate that both men and women respond to feedback, but that the strength of the women's response is somewhat greater. These results suggest that any difference in suitability by gender to the feedback approach that characterizes TCs may favor women

Negative binomial distribution · Statistics · Test (biology · Health Policy Implementation Science · Mathematics · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Psychology · Social Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

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