Contingent reinforcement of personal goal activities for adolescents with substance use disorders during post-residential continuing care

Am J Addict. 2008 Jul-Aug;17(4):278-86. doi: 10.1080/10550490802138798.

Abstract

Contingency management (CM) is efficacious in improving outcomes of substance-abusing patients, but CM studies are relatively rare in adolescents. CM approaches can reinforce both abstinence and adherence to treatment-related goal areas. This paper describes 1,739 different activities in 10 goal areas (e.g., education, family/friends, and social/recreational) chosen by 86 adolescents who were participating in a multiple week CM study that reinforced both abstinence and adherence with goal-related activities. The mean activities selected was 20, and the mean completed was 13. Overall, 1,114 or 64% of chosen activities were completed. The clinical feasibility of activity incentive programs for adolescents is discussed.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Aftercare*
  • Comorbidity
  • Educational Status
  • Family Relations
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Goals*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Motivation*
  • Parenting / psychology
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Patient Compliance / psychology
  • Rehabilitation, Vocational
  • Reinforcement, Psychology*
  • Residential Treatment*
  • Social Adjustment
  • Social Behavior
  • Substance-Related Disorders / psychology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / rehabilitation*
  • Temperance / psychology