Cognitive predictors of incarcerated substance abusers' readiness to change
The present study sought to determine the predictive validity of these specific cognitive factors – the substance abuser’s level of self-efficacy, his evaluation of the costs and benefits of continued substance use and the evaluation of his quality of life – on his readiness to change. Further, the...
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13855 |
| Summary: | The present study sought to determine the predictive validity of these specific cognitive factors – the substance abuser’s level of self-efficacy, his evaluation of the costs and benefits of continued substance use and the evaluation of his quality of life – on his readiness to change. Further, the study also aimed to shed light on how each of the predictor variables would differ in the continuum of an abuser’s readiness to change. |
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