Observational studyAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2015
Resistance to temptation: the interaction of external and internal control on alcohol use during residential treatment for alcohol use disorder.
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- Self-Deception in Addiction Rehabilitation: Impulsivity and Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Manipulation and Mystification.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Interplay Between Negative Alcohol Expectancies and Locus of Control and Its Association with Motivation to Change Alcohol Use Among Repeat Alcohol-Impaired Drivers.Substance use & misuse · 2025Article
- Associations of thalamocortical networks with reduced mindfulness in alcohol use disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- What's inside is all that counts? The contours of everyday thinking about self-control.Review of philosophy and psychology · 2023Article
- The relationship between racial discrimination and substance use: Does locus of control help explain risk?Addictive behaviors reports · 2022Article
- Alcohol Use Disorder: Neurobiology and Therapeutics.Biomedicines · 2022Review
- The Mediating Influence of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology on the Relationship Between Internal Health Locus of Control and Mobile Health Adoption: Cross-sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Article
- Apathy is associated with poorer abstinence self-efficacy in individuals with methamphetamine dependence.Addictive behaviors reports · 2021Article
- "I Didn't See It as a Problem, I Thought It Was Going to Be Taken Away": Narratives From Family Members of Users in Rehab.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Incidence and Risk Factors of Alcohol Relapse after Liver Transplantation: Analysis of Pre-Transplant Abstinence and Psychosocial Features.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Locus of control is associated with tobacco and alcohol consumption in young adults of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children.Royal Society open science · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is evidence that drinking during residential treatment is related to various factors, such as patients' general control beliefs and self-efficacy, as well as to external control of alcohol use by program's staff and situations where there is temptation to drink. As alcohol use during treatment has been shown to be associated with the resumption of alcohol use after discharge from residential treatment, we aimed to investigate how these variables are related to alcohol use during abstinence-oriented residential treatment programs for alcohol use disorders (AUD).
methodsIn total, 509 patients who entered 1 of 2 residential abstinence-oriented treatment programs for AUD were included in the study. After detoxification, patients completed a standardized diagnostic procedure including interviews and questionnaires. Drinking was assessed by patients' self-report of at least 1 standard drink or by positive breathalyzer testing. The 2 residential programs were categorized as high or low control according to the average number of tests per patient.
resultsRegression analysis revealed a significant interaction effect between internal and external control suggesting that patients with high internal locus of control and high frequency of control by staff demonstrated the least alcohol use during treatment (16.7%) while patients with low internal locus of control in programs with low external control were more likely to use alcohol during treatment (45.9%). No effects were found for self-efficacy and temptation.
conclusionsAs alcohol use during treatment is most likely associated with poor treatment outcomes, external control may improve treatment outcomes and particularly support patients with low internal locus of control, who show the highest risk for alcohol use during treatment. High external control may complement high internal control to improve alcohol use prevention while in treatment.
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