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 …

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 use of coercion to induce entry to addiction treatment is controversial and a large body
of research has accumulated considering ethical issues, benefits, and repercussions …

Various options for treatment entry, engagement and retention for substance abuse
problems have been proposed but none is more controversial than the issue of coercing or …

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 …

Recent work has criticized the evidence base for the effectiveness of addiction treatment
under social controls and coercion, suggesting that the development of sound policies and …

This paper reports preliminary data derived from a standardized interview scoring procedure
for detecting and characterizing coercive and noncoercive pressures to enter substance …

Nine sources of coercion were examined: the client's employer, spouse, friends, relatives
and children, and the clients' concerns over health, finances, legal consequences and self …

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

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 …