Measuring Readiness to Change among Individuals in Residential Therapeutic Community Programs for Treatment of Substance Abuse

Elizabeth Da Silva Cardoso; Fong Chan; Norman L. Berven; Kenneth R. Thomas

Measuring Readiness to Change among Individuals in Residential Therapeutic Community Programs for Treatment of Substance Abuse

Elizabeth Da Silva Cardoso, Fong Chan, Norman L. Berven, Kenneth R. Thomas

Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Counseling

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Abstract

The Stages of Change Scale-Substance Abuse (SCS-SA) was developed to measure readiness to change among individuals in treatment for substance abuse and was field tested with 457 participants in 7 therapeutic community programs in 4 different states. Factor analysis on SCS-SA items defined 4 subscales: Precontemplation, Determination, Participation, and Relapse. Using cluster analysis, 4 clusters of participants were identified, based on their profiles of SCS-SA subscale scores: (a) Indifferent, (b) Active Participation-Realistic, (c) Active Participation-Optimistic, and (d) Conforming. Finally, a discriminant analysis indicated significant differentiation among the clusters on the basis of sense of coherence scores. With continuing research to document reliability and validity, the SCS-SA appears to have potential in facilitating treatment planning and research to better understand readiness to change.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	34-44+49
Journal	Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin
Volume	47
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2003 Sep 1

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Rehabilitation
Applied Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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