Behavioral Change in a Short-Term, Intensive Multi-Modal Alcoholism Treatment Program

Abstract

Self-ratings of behavioral and attitude change by a group of 433 employed alcoholics who had experienced an intensive 3-wk. residential treatment program were compared with self-ratings from a 55-subject delayed-treatment control group. The treated group showed significant improvement on the 7 dimensions measured: employment (job satisfaction), under-assertion, over-assertion, communication, interpersonal relations, depression, and relaxation. The delayed-treatment control subjects showed a decrement on the employment subscale, and no change on the other 6 subscales. When the controls did enter treatment, they showed improvement on all seven dimensions, and the improvement was significant on under-assertion, depression, and relaxation.