Reduced alcohol use increases drink-refusal self-efficacy: Evidence from a contingency management study for DWI arrestees.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several therapies and interventions to reduce drinking first target drink-refusal self-efficacy (DRSE) to influence drinking behavior. While higher self-efficacy scores are correlated with better outcomes, it is unclear that increased self-efficacy is the causative step leading to improved outcomes. Instead, this correlation may result from reduced drinking that increased self-efficacy. The current study sought to understand how changes in drinking behavior can influence DRSE.

Methods

Data were from 211 driving while intoxicated (DWI) arrestees participating in an 8-week contingency management (CM) study to reduce drinking. Some of participants were mandated by the courts to wear transdermal alcohol monitoring devices (Mandated group) and some were not mandated (N

SUBMITTER: Wood EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9784176 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature