TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploratory findings from the Reasons for Drinking Questionnaire
AU - Zywiak, William H.
AU - Westerberg, Verner S.
AU - Connors, Gerard J.
AU - Maisto, Stephen A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) through contracts 281-91-0006, 281-91-0007, and 281-91-0011, and by NIAAA and the National Center for Research Resources Institutional Development Award Program through grant R21 AA12302. The authors would especially like to thank Dr. Cherry Lowman, Dr. Robert L. Stout, Dr. J. Scott Tonigan, and Dr. John Allen. The authors also thank Dr. Deborah Deiboldt Legge, Melissa Dobraski, Mark Duerr, and Patricia Humbert for their contributions to this research.
PY - 2003/12
Y1 - 2003/12
N2 - Marlatt and Gordon's (1985) relapse prevention therapy has received widespread interest and application. The categorization of relapse precipitants was one of the original central features of this model. In more recent iterations of this therapy, increasing emphasis has been placed on coping strategies. In the present article, exploratory findings from a prospective naturalistic alcohol treatment study employing the Reasons for Drinking Questionnaire are reported. A relapse precipitants scoring algorithm is presented allowing relapses to be categorized as either negative affect relapses, social pressure relapses, or craving/cued relapses. Exploratory findings suggest that social pressure relapses are more likely to repeat, and that negative affect and craving/cued relapses are more severe. Perhaps most interestingly, craving/cued relapses appear to subside during the first 6 months following treatment initiation, but subsequent risk for this type of relapse returns if the client has relapsed. However, these findings are still early in a continuing exploration of these issues in relapse prevention.
AB - Marlatt and Gordon's (1985) relapse prevention therapy has received widespread interest and application. The categorization of relapse precipitants was one of the original central features of this model. In more recent iterations of this therapy, increasing emphasis has been placed on coping strategies. In the present article, exploratory findings from a prospective naturalistic alcohol treatment study employing the Reasons for Drinking Questionnaire are reported. A relapse precipitants scoring algorithm is presented allowing relapses to be categorized as either negative affect relapses, social pressure relapses, or craving/cued relapses. Exploratory findings suggest that social pressure relapses are more likely to repeat, and that negative affect and craving/cued relapses are more severe. Perhaps most interestingly, craving/cued relapses appear to subside during the first 6 months following treatment initiation, but subsequent risk for this type of relapse returns if the client has relapsed. However, these findings are still early in a continuing exploration of these issues in relapse prevention.
KW - Alcohol
KW - Relapse
KW - Relapse precipitants
KW - Treatment
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U2 - 10.1016/S0740-5472(03)00118-1
DO - 10.1016/S0740-5472(03)00118-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 14693258
AN - SCOPUS:0346249703
SN - 0740-5472
VL - 25
SP - 287
EP - 292
JO - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
JF - Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
IS - 4
ER -