The effects on treatment outcomes of counselors' access to the addiction severity index scores of substance abusers

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dc.contributor.authorMadison, Octavia D.en
dc.contributor.committeechairHoffman, Libby R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberParitzky, Richard S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLichtman, Marilyn V.en
dc.contributor.committeememberStith, Sandra M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJackson-Sahni, Carolynen
dc.contributor.departmentCounselor Education and Student Personnel Servicesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:22:34Zen
dc.date.adate2005-10-26en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:22:34Zen
dc.date.issued1997-04-02en
dc.date.rdate2005-10-26en
dc.date.sdate2005-10-26en
dc.description.abstractAn experimental design, (the pretest/posttest design) was used in this study to investigate the efficacy of substance abuse treatment using two instruments, the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) and the biopsychosocial assessment. Fifty-six subjects admitted to the SYMBAS TEAM Substance Abuse Treatment Program were assessed during the initial stage of treatment using the biopsychosocial assessment and the ASI. Through the process of random selection, subjects were placed in one of two groups, an experimental group or a control group. Counselors working with the subjects in the experimental group had access to the results of the ASI and biopsychosocial assessment for treatment planning, and the counselors working with the subjects in the control group had access only to the results of the biopsychosocial assessment. At the end of treatment (gO-days), the subjects in both groups were re-assessed using the ASI to determine what differences, if any, occurred between the two sample groups. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics along with the Student test. Results revealed that there were no statistically significant differences between the two sample groups at the .05 alpha level. However, significant reductions between the ASI pre- and posttests mean scores were noted among several of the variables in both sample groups. Also, the counselors' perceptions of the ASI suggested that the ASI was preferred over the bippsychosocial assessment for treatment planning, because of its structure and the amount of time required to administer the instrument.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.format.extentvii, 182 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10262005-143544en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10262005-143544/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40242en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1997.M335.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 37516723en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectOutcomeen
dc.subjectTreatment efficacyen
dc.subjectSubstance abuse treatmenten
dc.subjectASIen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1997.M335en
dc.titleThe effects on treatment outcomes of counselors' access to the addiction severity index scores of substance abusersen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselor Education and Student Personnel Servicesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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