Trial reportPsychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors2016
Women with alcohol dependence: A randomized trial of couple versus individual plus couple therapy.
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- Optimizing the length and reliability of measures of mechanisms of change to support measurement-based care in alcohol use disorder treatment.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2021Trial
- Inside Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy (ABCT): In-session speech trajectories and drinking outcomes.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Trial
- Mechanisms of change in female-specific and gender-neutral cognitive behavioral therapy for women with alcohol use disorder.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Trial
- Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy: In-session behavior, active ingredients and mechanisms of behavior change.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Trial
- Feasibility of intervention in elder self-neglecters: Setting the stage for future research.Journal of elder abuse & neglect · 2018Trial
- A randomized trial of female-specific cognitive behavior therapy for alcohol dependent women.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2018Trial
- Moderators of sudden gains after sessions addressing emotion regulation among women in treatment for alcohol use.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Trial
- Heterogeneity in pathways to abstinence among women in treatment for alcohol use disorder.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2017Trial
- A randomized clinical trial of behavioral couples therapy versus individually-based treatment for drug-abusing women.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Trial
- Alcohol Misuse in Older Women: A Scoping Review of Correlates, Consequences, Treatment, and Prevention.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2026Article
- Telehealth engagement and treatment strategies for adults living with alcohol use disorder: A sequential multiple assignment randomized trial protocol.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Alcohol Treatment Access and Engagement Among Women in the USA: a Targeted Review of the Literature 2012-2022.Current addiction reports · 2023Article
- Treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorder in adults with a history of adverse childhood experiences: A systematic review of psychological interventions.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2022Review
- Menstrual cycle phase, alcohol consumption, alcohol cravings, and mood among women in outpatient treatment for alcohol use disorder.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2020Article
- Education and Training in Substance Use Disorders and Addictions: The University of New Mexico Integrated Training Model.Training and education in professional psychology · 2020Article
- Sex and Gender Effects in Recovery From Alcohol Use Disorder.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2020Article
- Changes in Hypothesized Mechanisms of Change Before and After Initiating Abstinence in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Women With Alcohol Use Disorder.Behavior therapy · 2019Article
- Design of a randomized controlled trial examining the efficacy of oxytocin to enhance alcohol behavioral couple therapy.Contemporary clinical trials · 2019Article
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Abstract
Couple therapy for women with alcohol use disorders (AUDs) yields positive drinking outcomes, but many women prefer individual to conjoint treatment. The present study compared conjoint cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for women with AUDs to a blend of individual and conjoint therapy. Participants were 59 women with AUDs (95% Caucasian, mean age = 46 years) and their male partners randomly assigned to 12 sessions of Alcohol Behavioral Couple Therapy (ABCT) or to a blend of 5 individual CBT sessions and 7 sessions of ABCT (Blended-ABCT). Drinking and relationship satisfaction were assessed during and for 1-year posttreatment. Treatment conditions did not differ significantly on number of treatment sessions attended, percentage of drinking days (PDD), or percentage of heavy drinking days (PDH), during or in the 12 months following treatment. However, effect size estimates suggested a small to moderate effect of Blended-ABCT over ABCT in number of treatment sessions attended (d = -.41), and first- and second-half within treatment PDD (d = -.41, d = -.28), and PDH (d = -.46, d = -.38). Moderator analyses found that women lower in baseline sociotropy had lower PDH across treatment weeks 1-8 than in Blended-ABCT than ABCT and that women lower in self-efficacy had lower PDH during follow-up in Blended-ABCT than in ABCT. The 2 treatment groups did not differ significantly in within-treatment or posttreatment relationship satisfaction. Results suggest that blending individual and conjoint treatment yields similar or slightly better outcomes than ABCT, is responsive to women's expressed desire for individual sessions as part of their treatment, and decreases the challenges of scheduling conjoint sessions. (PsycINFO Database Record
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