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Jalie A Tucker1, Rudy E Vuchinich, Paula D Rippens
1Department of Health Behavior, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Public Health, 227 RPHB, 1530 Third Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. jtucker@uab.edu
Abstract:
Influences on seeking help from professional alcohol treatment and from Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) were investigated using problem drinkers (N = 167) with different help-seeking experiences (no assistance, AA only, or treatment plus AA) and current drinking statuses (sustained abstinence for > 2 years or active problem drinking). Depending on their help-seeking experiences, participants rated barriers to or reasons for seeking help from treatment and AA, which were factor analyzed. Common impediments to help-seeking included privacy concerns and participants' beliefs that they could solve their problem on their own and that it was not serious enough to seek help. Common reasons for help-seeking included social and other functional problems related to drinking. There were also influences unique to treatment (e.g., cost) and to AA (e.g., group format). Help-seeking factors did not vary by drinking status. The implications for increasing help-seeking among problem drinkers are discussed.
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