A brief scale for measuring helping activities in recovery: The Brief Helper Therapy Scale

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1767-1781

  Kaskutas, Lee Ann ^a,b,e   Ammon, Lyndsay N ^a,b   Oberste, Edward ^a,c   Polcin, Douglas L ^a,d  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^d Haight Ashbury Free Clinics   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Mutual aid; Peer; Service; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRIEF HELPER THERAPY SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; CALIFORNIA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35348838926     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701208608     Document Type: Article

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