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Childhood abuse as a factor in attrition from drug rehabilitation
J A Palmer1, L K Palmer, D Williamson
1Department of Psychology, Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, 71209, USA.
Abstract:
The following factors were examined as possible influences of clients' attrition from inpatient and outpatient drug-rehabilitation programs: depression (Center of Epidemiological Studies-Depression test), attributional style (Attributional Style Questionnaire), primary drug of choice, family incidence of substance abuse, and history of childhood physical abuse. A step-wise regression analysis indicated that a history of childhood abuse was a statistically reliable predictor of program noncompletion for 92 substance abusers who entered a drug-rehabilitation program.
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