The effects of perceived coercion and motivation on treatment completion and subsequent
re-arrest were examined in a sample of substance-abusing offenders assessed for …

Prior research on legally coerced treatment for substance abuse tends to find no difference
between coerced and non-coerced clients with respect to treatment retention and treatment …

Little is known about the extent to which admission to alcohol and other drug treatment
programs is perceived as a coercive imposition. This is because coercion is typically inferred …

The present study involved 3 phases that led to the development and initial validation of the
Perceived Coercion Questionnaire (PCQ), a scale that researchers use to measure …

BACKGROUND: Although several states have adopted policies diverting individuals
convicted of non-violent drug offenses to substance use treatment, in lieu of incarceration or …

This study provides new evidence regarding the relation of coerced care to posttreatment
substance use and addiction severity while controlling for two important factors: readiness to …

Understanding the role of motivation in substance abusers' acceptance of treatment is
critically important to improving treatment outcomes. To examine this phenomenon a cohort …

The relationships between motivation, treatment readiness, and abstinence self-efficacy
were examined among a sample of exoffenders exiting inpatient treatment for substance use …

The impact of coercion in rehabilitation of drug abusers was examined in a 1979 study of a
population of drug abusers in treatment programs in South Jersey, The experimental group …

Three fundamental clinical issues are consistently associated with treatment engagement
and outcomes in substance using populations; coercion, motivation and therapeutic …