This study examines the relationship of personality characteristics to drug treatment effectiveness for prison releasees. Prison releasees from two drug treatment programs (an out‐patient setting and a therapeutic community setting) are compared with each other and to releasees from a comparison group. Treatment success is measured 6 months after release from prison in terms of 1) abstinence of illicit drug use and 2) lack of recidivism. The data are analyzed using logistic regression with demographic, criminal history, past drug use, psychological, and treatment measures included in the equations. Findings suggest that several personality dimensions are related to treatment effectiveness, sometimes in unexpected ways. The findings also reveal that different personality characteristics are associated with each of the two measures of treatment success. The results are discussed in terms of policy implications for treatment programs.
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1 May 1996
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May 01 1996
THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY IN TREATMENT OUTCOME FOR DRUG INVOLVED OFFENDERS
Robert S. Gossweiler;
Robert S. Gossweiler
Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, University of Delaware, 77 East Main St., Newark, DE 19716
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Steven S. Martin
Steven S. Martin
Center for Drug and Alcohol Studies, University of Delaware, 77 East Main St., Newark, DE 19716
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-6720
Print ISSN: 0144-333X
© MCB UP Limited
1996
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (1996) 16 (5-6): 131–155.
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Gossweiler RS, Martin SS (1996), "THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY IN TREATMENT OUTCOME FOR DRUG INVOLVED OFFENDERS". International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, Vol. 16 No. 5-6 pp. 131–155, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb013259
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