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Attitudes toward Spirituality and the Core Principles of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Davis, S. J.; Benshoff, John J.; Koch, D. Shane – Journal of Teaching in the Addictions, 2006
One-hundred and fifty-one students enrolled in substance abuse counselor training classes were surveyed on their attitudes about spirituality in substance abuse treatment and their beliefs about the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Significant correlations were found between the subjects' spirituality and their attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Counselor Training, Student Attitudes, Religious Factors
The Effects of a Resident Self-Help Model on Control, Social Involvement and Self-Esteem among the Elderly.
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Berkowitz, Marvin W.; And Others – Gerontologist, 1988
Compared 38 residents in self-help senior residence to 36 in conventional senior residences on Sheltered Care Environment Scale, Self-Esteem Inventory, and Senior Housing Questionnaire. Found that self-help residents scored significantly higher than conventional residents on control, self-esteem, and social involvement. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Environment, Housing, Individual Power, Locus of Control
Professional Roles in a Self-Help Group for the Bereaved.
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Klass, Dennis; Shinners, Beth – Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, 1982
Describes the role of the counselor in self-help groups for the bereaved. Based on experience with the Compassionate Friends, a group of bereaved parents, the counselors' most useful role appears to be that of an intermediary, resource person, and facilitator of group processes and organization. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Coping, Counselor Role, Death, Grief
Attributional Processes in Behavior Change and Maintenance: Smoking Cessation and Continued Abstinence.
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Harackiewicz, Judith M.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1987
Examined the role of attributions in initial and long-term smoking behavior change. Manipulated the externality of treatment. Subjects receiving nicotine gum were superior to the intrinsic self-help group in initial cessation but were inferior in maintaining abstinence. Subjects in the intrinsic self-help group made fewer external attributions for…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Modification, Locus of Control, Maintenance
Self-Help Treatment for Depression: Who Succeeds?
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Mahalik, James R.; Kivlighan, Dennis M., Jr. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1988
Tested mildly depressed undergraduates (N=52) in treatment for depression using cognitive-behavioral, self-help manual. Results suggest that Holland's Realistic personality types are most successful in terms of reduction of depression scores, whereas Enterprising types are least successful in terms of attrition. Low superiority, high generalized…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Bibliotherapy, Cognitive Restructuring, Depression (Psychology)
The Effects of Self-Administered Cognitive Therapy on Social-Evaluative Anxiety.
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Schelver, Stewart R.; Gutsch, Kenneth U. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Investigated the efficacy of self-administered cognitive therapy (RET) in the treatment of high and chronic social anxiety in 45 college students. Results indicated that self-administered cognitive therapy significantly decreased social anxiety and fear of negative evaluation and also suggested a generalization of effects as trait anxiety…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Bibliographies, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring
A Systematic Study of "Adventures in Attitudes" Structured Human Relations Seminars.
Eckstein, Judy Pettigrew; Eckstein, Daniel Gene – 1979
The Adventures in Attitudes (AIA) program is a 30-hour structured experiential seminar developed to help participants create positive attitudes and overcome negative ones. Effectiveness of AIA in promoting a positive self concept and moving an individual from an external to an internal locus of control was investigated. Adult subjects (N=6) in the…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Congruence (Psychology)