Determinants of expectation of treatment efficacy among incarcerated substance abusers

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Abstract

This investigation examines the relative influence of social support and other empirically relevant inmate characteristics on incarcerated substance abusers 'perceptions of their postrelease adjustment. Survey data were collected from ]01 male and female substance-abusing offenders participating in prison- and jail-based treatment programs in South Florida. Regression equations were developed using different measures of respondents' efficacy expectations. Among predictors, only social support proved significant (p < .05) in relation to respondents' expectations of their postrelease success. This investigation demonstrates the complexity of incarcerated substance abusers' efficacy expectation and identifies social support as a potential rehabilitative resource for counselors who work with substance-abusing inmates.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

First Page

233

Last Page

245

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