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Psychosocial Processes of Remission in Unipolar Depression: Comparing Depressed Patients with Matched Community Controls.
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Billings, Andrew G.; Moos, Rudolf H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1985
Explored the posttreatment phase of unipolar depression in a 12-month follow-up of 424 depressed persons who received treatment and a comparable follow-up of demographically matched, nondepressed controls. Patients whose symptoms remitted reported improvement in other aspects of their adjustment as well as in personal resources such as self-esteem…
Descriptors: Coping, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment, Followup Studies
Treatment Experiences of Adults with Unipolar Depression: The Influence of Patient and Life Context Factors.
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Billings, Andrew G.; Moos, Rudolf H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Examines between- and within-programs variations in treatment obtained by 412 depressed patients in one of six different programs. Between-programs differences remained significant after controlling for severity of depressive symptoms and the sociodemographic characteristics of the patients, but there was little evidence of clinician bias. (JAC)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Attitudes, Depression (Psychology), Patients
Evaluating Alcoholism Treatment Programs: An Integrated Approach.
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Cronkite, Ruth C.; Moos, Rudolf H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Examined variables (social background, intake symptoms, program type, treatment experiences, and perceptions of environment) related to posttreatment functioning of alcoholic patients. Results showed the combined explanatory power of program-related variables was more than expected. Explained variance was shared between patient-related and…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Modification, Congruence (Psychology), Patients
Relation of Patient Attributes to Perceptions of the Treatment Environment.
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Moos, Rudolf H.; Bromet, Evelyn – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Social climate of residential alcoholism programs was assessed using Community-Oriented Programs Environment Scale (COPES). COPES perceptions were independent of patient background, psychosocial functioning, and alcohol-related characteristics. In conjunction with previous research, results indicate perceptions of social climate of treatment…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Attitudes, Institutional Environment, Patients
Coping with an Intra-Institutional Relocation: Changes in Resident and Staff Behavior Patterns.
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Moos, Rudolf H.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1984
Studied an intra-institutional relocation of a long-term care facility by documenting changes in the environment and in residents' and staff members' use of space and patterns of behavior. Behavioral changes were conceptualized as attempts to adapt to the larger design and altered layout of the new facility. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Change, Environmental Influences, Interior Design
Sources of Variance in Responses to Questionnaires and in Behavior
Moos, Rudolf H. – J Abnorm Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Milieu Therapy, Patients
Determinants of the Posttreatment Functioning of Alcoholic Patients: A Conceptual Framework.
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Cronkite, Ruth C.; Moos, Rudolf H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Results illustrate the usefulness of a conceptual model for assessing the interrelationships among pretreatment, and posttreatment variables and outcome. This approach facilitates the unraveling of these complex interrelationships by allowing for examination of the cumulative influences of prior variables on subsequent variables. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Behavior Change, Behavioral Science Research, Coping
Functioning and Life Context among Spouses of Remitted and Nonremitted Depressed Patients.
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Krantz, Susan E.; Moos, Rudolf H. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Examined functioning and life context of spouses of depressed patients. Remitted and control spouses were comparable in functioning, stressors, and coping with remitted spouses reporting more social and family problems. Nonremitted spouses had significantly more problems than control spouses on most indices. Spouse adaptation was typically…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Coping, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment