Improving Initial Session Attendance of Substance Abusing and Conduct Disordered Adolescents: A Controlled Study
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1999
Publication Title
Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
Volume
8
Issue
1
First page number:
1
Last page number:
13
Abstract
The present controlled study was the first to demonstrate a method of improving first session attendance in a population of conduct disordered and substance abusing adolescents. The results indicated that an intensive intervention involving the youth and parent was more effective in improving session attendance than a less intensive intervention that excluded the youth's involvement. The intensive intervention resulted in greater attendance to the first appointment (60% vs. 89%), greater attendance to appointments throughout the study (57% vs. 83%), and greater promptness to sessions that were attended (5.8 mins. vs. 0.8 mins.). Implications of this study are discussed in light of these results.
Disciplines
Psychology | Substance Abuse and Addiction
Language
English
Repository Citation
Donohue, B.,
Azrin, N. H.,
Lawson, H.,
Friedlander, J.,
Teichner, G.,
Rindsberg, J.
(1999).
Improving Initial Session Attendance of Substance Abusing and Conduct Disordered Adolescents: A Controlled Study.
Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 8(1),
1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J029v08n01_01