An exploration of readiness to change processes in a clinical sample of military service members

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 53-60

  Mitchell, Damon ^a   Angelone, D J ^b   Cox, Stephen M ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Readiness to change; SOCRATES; Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; STAGES OF CHANGE READINESS AND TREATMENT EAGERNESS SCALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34548425647     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v26n03_06     Document Type: Article

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