Showing papers by "Karen L. Dugosh published in 2010"
TL;DR: This article assessed substance abuse treatment providers' beliefs about empirically supported treatments (ESTs) to determine if providing information about empirical support for interventions would change beliefs, and found that providers reported positive beliefs about ESTs.
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TL;DR: This study provides initial support for the instrument's validity and clinical utility and indicates that a substantial number of individuals report feeling coerced to participate in the study.
Abstract: Despite many efforts aimed to ensure that research participation is autonomous and not coerced, there exists no reliable and valid measure of perceived coercion for the doubly vulnerable population of substance-abusing offenders. The current study describes the development and initial validation of an instrument measuring perceived coercion to participate in research among substance-abusing offenders. The results indicated that a substantial number of individuals report feeling coerced to participate in the study. In addition, the instrument has adequate levels of internal consistency, a one-dimensional factor structure, and evidence of discriminative validity. This study provides initial support for the instrument's validity and clinical utility.
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TL;DR: Results support the use of corrected feedback for improving consent recall and display significantly greater recall overall and in specific content areas (i.e., procedures, protections, risks/benefits).
Abstract: This study examined the efficacy of corrected feedback for improving consent recall throughout the course of an ongoing longitudinal study. Participants (N = 135) were randomly assigned to either a corrected feedback or a no-feedback control condition. Participants completed a consent quiz 2 weeks after consenting to the host study and at months 1, 2, and 3. The corrected feedback group received corrections to erroneous responses and the no-feedback control group did not. The feedback group displayed significantly greater recall overall and in specific content areas (i.e., procedures, protections, risks/benefits). Results support the use of corrected feedback for improving consent recall.
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TL;DR: Correlational and exploratory factor analyses revealed that MH and MI appear to reflect two independent, but correlated, constructs, but the specific answers to this question may be influenced by the constructs and assessments used to measure them.
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TL;DR: Longer-duration V BRT can increase abstinence during VBRT, but may not maintain it afterwards, however, longer during-treatment abstinence begets later abstinence suggesting that further research is needed.
Abstract: OBJECTIVE To determine whether longer durations of voucher-based reinforcement therapy (VBRT) increase long-term abstinence compared to standard durations. METHODS Cocaine-abusing or dependent methadone-maintenance patients (N = 130) were randomized to receive either Standard (12-week; n = 62) or Extended (36-week; n = 68) VBRT. Participants provided 3 urine samples weekly during VBRT, and each cocaine-negative sample produced a voucher exchangeable for goods and services. RESULTS Extended VBRT produced longer durations of self-reported continuous abstinence during study Year 1 (M = 74 vs. 46 days; F(1,128) = 5.23, P = 0.024), but not during Year 2. However, each week of abstinence during Year 1 was associated with an increase of 9.19 days of abstinence during Year 2, regardless of study condition (t(1) = 4.92, P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Longer-duration VBRT can increase abstinence during VBRT, but may not maintain it afterwards. However, longer during-treatment abstinence begets later abstinence suggesting that further research regarding this relationship is needed.
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TL;DR: Correlations between MH attributes and recent life problems of patients with SUD generally supported the concurrent validity of the MH measures.
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TL;DR: Investigating whether resets increase risk for adverse events (AEs) and delay return to abstinence in relation to magnitude of voucher reset showed that resets did not increase the likelihood of AEs nor were higher resets related to an increased delay to abstinence.
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