Does sponsorship improve outcomes above Alcoholics Anonymous attendance? A latent class growth curve analysis

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-311

  Witbrodt, Jane ^a,b   Kaskutas, Lee ^a,c   Bond, Jason ^a   Delucchi, Kevin ^d  

^a ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AA meetings; AA sponsor; Abstinence; Alcoholics Anonymous; Latent classes; Longitudinal outcomes; Trajectories analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855969355     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03570.x     Document Type: Article

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