Comparison of Young Navy Alcohol Abusers and Drug Abusers on Demography, Personality, Performance, and Treatment Outcome.
Abstract
Similarities and differences between young drug and young alcohol abusers have important implications for the possibilities of implementing common treatment programs and for evaluating and predicting outcomes of treatment. The characteristics of young drug abusers and young alcohol abusers were compared, and characteristics of both groups that predicted post-treatment effectiveness were identified. Post-treatment effectiveness for both drug and alcohol abusers was characterized by higher pay grades, less severe disciplinary histories, and psychological characteristics of social conformity and emotional stability. Drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs were about equally effective overall in producing psychological change, although notably alcohol abusers changed more on Trust; however, drug abusers remained relatively low on Social Conformity scores after treatment. It would appear that young alcohol and drug abuser groups could be treated together in a program that affords an opportunity to deal effectively with both the social conformity problems of the drug abusers and the emotional instability problems of the alcohol abusers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA079412
Entities
People
- Douglas Kolb
- E. K.Eric Gunderson
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center