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Determining the Need for Gender‐Specific Chemical Dependence Treatment: Assessment of Treatment Variables
Author(s) -
Cook Linda S.,
Epperson Louise,
Gariti Peter
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490591003648
Subject(s) - clinical psychology , coping (psychology) , anxiety , addiction , psychology , trait , population , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health , computer science , programming language
The effects of gender on selected treatment variables of substance‐abusing persons were investigated with the long‐term goal of designing gender‐appropriate programs for the treatment of addiction. A population of 120 male and female substance abusers was drawn from two urban outpatient drug treatment centers and one HIV outpatient counseling center. Participants were given questionnaires to measure the following variables: trait anxiety, depression, coping style, and level of differentiation of self. Results demonstrated significant gender differences in differentiation of self ( p <.005) and coping styles ( p < .02) but no significant differences in anxiety or depression.