Measuring affiliation in group therapy for substance use disorders in the Women’s Recovery Group study: Does it matter whether the group is all-women or mixed-gender?

American Journal on Addictions

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 573-580

  Sugarman, Dawn E ^a,b   Wigderson, Sara B ^c   Iles, Brittany R ^a   Kaufman, Julia S ^d   Fitzmaurice, Garrett M ^a,b   Hilario, E Yvette ^e   Robbins, Michael S ^f   Greenfield, Shelly F ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^f OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988464654     PISSN: 10550496     EISSN: 15210391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajad.12443     Document Type: Article

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