Do young people benefit from AA as much, and in the same ways, as adult aged 30+? A moderated multiple mediation analysis

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 181-188

  Hoeppner, Bettina B ^a   Hoeppner, Susanne S ^a   Kelly, John F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol use disorder (AUD); Alcoholics Anonymous; Mechanism of change; Mediation; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT THERAPY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RELIGION; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; NEGOTIATING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922407036     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.07.023     Document Type: Article

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