SynthesisJournal of consulting and clinical psychology2020
The effect of significant other involvement in treatment for substance use disorders: A meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
42 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 84 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evidence Base on Outpatient Behavioral Treatments for Adolescent Substance Use, Update 2018-2023: Current Status, Best Practices, and Opportunities for Advancing the Science.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Pooled it
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- Clinicians' experiences of delivering online Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT) for families affected by substance use in rural Australia.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2026Article
- Family Members' Help-Seeking Behaviour for Their Relative Who Uses Substances: A Cross-Sectional National Study in Brazil.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- Social Drinking and Addiction: A Social-Cognitive Model for Understanding Alcohol Use Disorder Risk.Current directions in psychological science · 2025Article
- Lessons learned from concerned significant others: a qualitative analysis on involvement in services for young adult opioid use disorder.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveSubstantial research has accrued in support of a key role for social processes in substance use disorders (SUD). Researchers have developed a range of interventions that capitalize on these social processes to bolster treatment outcomes by involving significant others (e.g., romantic partners, family, friends) in SUD treatment. Yet dissemination of these treatments to many contexts has been slow, and information on their broad efficacy is lacking. This meta-analysis aims to quantify the effect of significant other involvement in SUD treatments above and beyond individually-based therapies.
methodA total of 4,901 records were screened for randomized controlled trials examining the effect of Significant Other Involved SUD Treatments (SOIT) versus individually-based active comparator treatments. Our search yielded 77 effect sizes based on data from 2,115 individuals enrolled in 16 independent trials.
resultsFindings indicated a significant effect of SOIT above and beyond individually-based active comparator treatments for reducing substance use and substance-related problems,
conclusionFindings indicate a significant advantage for SOIT in SUD treatment, and hold interesting conceptual implications for theories of SUD maintenance. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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