OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the present study was to examine readiness to change as a
predictor of post-intervention alcohol consumption among Hispanic college student drinkers …

It has long been a goal of substance abuse treatment research to predict which clients
among those receiving an intervention will be successful in bringing about adaptive …

Based on a multidimensional stages-of-change model, the present work examines changes
in readiness to modify several types of risk behaviors among women seeking to enter …

Substance abuse is a chronic condition that involves serious medical, mental health, and
social problems. Retention in substance abuse treatment has bearings of positive effects on …

Abstract Background: The Transtheoretical Model supports that readiness to change should
predict actual substance-related behavior change. This relationship is surprisingly modest …

Background Motivation to change has been proposed as a prerequisite for behavioral
change, although empirical results are contradictory. Traumatic experiences are frequently …

Little is known about motivation for treatment and readiness for change during an acute
medical event. We present data from a cohort of 353 actively substance abusing adults …

According to the transtheoretical model of behaviour change, individuals addicted to
psychotropic drugs typically cycle through a sequence of five discrete stages …

Background There is evidence that patients entering alcohol or drug treatment have different
levels of treatment readiness and change their motivation differently over time. Nonetheless …

This research investigates racial and ethnic disparities in outpatient substance use disorder
treatment completion and duration in treatment, for different substances, across the US …