The importance of age composition of 12-step meetings as a moderating factor in the relation between young adults' 12-step participation and abstinence

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 541-547

  Labbe, Allison K ^a   Greene, Claire ^a   Bergman, Brandon G ^a   Hoeppner, Bettina ^a   Kelly, John F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

12 Step groups; Substance use; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

12-STEP GROUPS; SUBSTANCE USE; YOUNG ADULTS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887021834     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.07.021     Document Type: Article

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