Readiness to change versus readiness to seek help for alcohol problems: The development of the Treatment Readiness Tool (TReaT)

Journal of Studies on Alcohol

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 801-809

  Freyer, Jennis ^a   Tonigan, J Scott ^a,b   Keller, Stefan ^a,c   John, Ulrich ^a   Rumpf, Hans Jürgen ^a,d   Hapke, Ulfert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT READINESS TOOL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 11844280373     PISSN: 0096882X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsa.2004.65.801     Document Type: Article

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