Trial reportAddiction (Abingdon, England)2010
Matching motivation enhancement treatment to client motivation: re-examining the Project MATCH motivation matching hypothesis.
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- Motivational interviewing for substance use reduction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Contingency management to promote treatment engagement in comorbid alcohol use disorder and alcohol-related liver disease: Findings from a pilot randomized controlled trial.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of Attentional Bias Modification Combined With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Reducing Relapse Risk and Cravings in Male Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder: A Quasi-Randomized Controlled Trial.Neuropsychopharmacology reports · 2025Trial
- Applying methods for personalized medicine to the treatment of alcohol use disorder.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2021Trial
- Dismantling motivational interviewing: Effects on initiation of behavior change among problem drinkers seeking treatment.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2017Trial
- Structure of Problem Recognition Questionnaire with Hispanic/Latino Adolescents.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2016Trial
- Profiles of confidence and commitment to change as predictors of moderated drinking: a person-centered approach.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2014Trial
- Finding the right match: mindfulness training may potentiate the therapeutic effect of nonjudgment of inner experience on smoking cessation.Substance use & misuse · 2014Trial
- A randomized controlled trial of brief motivational interviewing in impaired driving recidivists: a 5-year follow-up of traffic offenses and crashes.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2013Trial
- Alcohol use, behavioral and mental health help-seeking, and treatment satisfaction among sexual minority women.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Where there's a will, there's a way? Strategies to reduce or abstain from alcohol use developed by Northern Plains American Indian women participating in a brief, alcohol-exposed pregnancy preconceptual intervention.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2021Article
- Sex and Gender Effects in Recovery From Alcohol Use Disorder.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2020Article
- Exploration of treatment matching of problem drinker characteristics to motivational interviewing and non-directive client-centered psychotherapy.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2018Article
- Repeated measures latent class analysis of daily smoking in three smoking cessation studies.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2016Article
- Alcohol use disorder clinical course research: informing clinicians' treatment planning now and in the future.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2014Review
- Treatment engagement in adolescents with severe psychiatric problems: a latent class analysis.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2013Article
- Relapse prevention for addictive behaviors.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2011Review
- The Lesch alcoholism typology - psychiatric and psychosocial treatment approaches.Annals of gastroenterology · 2011Review
- Motivation to change and factors influencing motivation in alcohol dependence syndrome in a tertiary care hospital.Indian journal of psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
aimsThe current study was designed to re-examine the motivation matching hypothesis from Project MATCH using growth mixture modeling, an analytical technique that models variation in individual drinking patterns. DESIGN, SETTING AND
participantsSecondary data analyses of data from Project MATCH (n = 1726), a large multi-site alcoholism treatment-matching study. MEASUREMENTS: Percentage of drinking days was the primary outcome measure, assessed from 1 month to 12 months following treatment. Treatment assignment, alcohol dependence symptoms and baseline percentage of drinking days were included as covariates.
findingsThe results provided support for the motivation matching hypothesis in the out-patient sample and among females in the aftercare sample: the majority of individuals with lower baseline motivation had better outcomes if assigned to motivation enhancement treatment (MET) compared to those assigned to cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT). In the aftercare sample there was a moderating effect of gender and alcohol dependence severity, whereby males with lower baseline motivation and greater alcohol dependence drank more frequently if assigned to MET compared to those assigned to CBT.
conclusionsResults from the current study lend partial support to the motivation-matching hypothesis and also demonstrated the importance of moderating influences on treatment matching effectiveness. Based upon these findings, individuals with low baseline motivation in out-patient settings and males with low levels of alcohol dependence or females in aftercare settings may benefit more from motivational enhancement techniques than from cognitive-behavioral techniques.
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