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The Effect of Task-Specific Self-Efficacy on Stages of Change of People With Substance Abuse Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2015

Elizabeth Da Silva Cardoso ,
Chih Chin Chou ,
Naoko Yura Yasui ,
Julie Chronister ,
Fong Chan ,
Valerie Lyons  and
Veronica R. Muller
Elizabeth Da Silva Cardoso*
Affiliation:
Hunter College, City University of New York, United States of America. ecardoso@hunter.cuny.edu
Chih Chin Chou
Affiliation:
University of Arizona, United States of America.
Naoko Yura Yasui
Affiliation:
University of Washington-Seattle, United States of America.
Julie Chronister
Affiliation:
San Francisco State University, United States of America.
Fong Chan
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America.
Valerie Lyons
Affiliation:
Hunter College, City University of New York, United States of America.
Veronica R. Muller
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States of America.
*
*Address for correspondence: Elizabeth da Silva Cardoso, Ph.D., Department of Educational Foundations and Counseling, Hunter College, City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, W1017, New York, NY 10021.
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Abstract

The objective of the study was to determine the effect of task-specific self-efficacy on stages of readiness for change among people with substance abuse problems. Participants were 140 men and 33 women with substance abuse problems receiving services in outpatient therapeutic community service programs. The Stages of Change Scale-Substance Abuse (SCS-SA) was the outcome measure. People with substance abuse problems receiving outpatient treatment services can be meaningfully classified into four stages of change groups: (1) Precontemplation, (2) Inactive, (3) Ambivalent-Conforming, and (4) Participation. Readiness for change is related to self-efficacy in work-related skills and risk-avoidance skills. Task-specific self-efficacy is related to stages of change. The findings of this study suggested that providing skill training to enhance task specific self-efficacy can help people with substance abuse problems progress from lower level to higher level of stages of change.

Keywords

alcohol and other drug abusestages of changeself-efficacy
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The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , 01 November 2009 , pp. 63 - 73
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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