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“Self-efficacy” is a fancy term for what is essentially known as “believing in yourself.” This study applies the term to the field of addictions research in an effort to examine the relationship between substance-abuse treatment and abstinence self-efficacy.

Researchers assessed 2,350 clients (99% male) who received treatment at 88 community residential facilities across the United States, both at treatment entry and again one year later. Treatment providers were also asked to report on the patients’ engagement/participation in specific components of treatment.

After controlling for patient factors such as more years of education, lower baseline substance-related problems, and higher baseline confidence in abstinence … results indicate that patients who were more engaged in skills-training activities and who inspired providers’ confidence in their ability to remain abstinent had higher one-year self-efficacy. The authors conclude that abstinence success is driven not only by what a patient brings to treatment, but also by the activities a patient engages in during treatment.

(Ilgen, M, McKellar, J, Moos, R: Personal and treatment-related predictors of abstinence self-efficacy. Journal of Studies on Alcohol 68:126-132, 2007.)
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