Anxiety Sensitivity: A Unique Predictor of Dropout Among Inner-City Heroin and Crack/Cocaine Users in Residential Substance Use Treatment
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2008
Keywords
Anxiety sensitivity, Heroin, Crack/Cocaine, Drug treatment, Treatment completion
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2008.03.010
Abstract
The present study examined the extent to which anxiety sensitivity (AS) at treatment entry was related to prospective treatment dropout among 182 crack/cocaine and/or heroin dependent patients in a substance use residential treatment facility in Northeast Washington DC. Results indicated that AS incrementally and prospectively predicted treatment dropout after controlling for the variance accounted for by demographics and other drug use variables, legal obligation to treatment (i.e., court ordered vs. self-referred), alcohol use frequency, and depressive symptoms. Findings are discussed in relation to the role of AS in treatment dropout and substance use problems more generally.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Behavior Research and Therapy, v. 46, issue 7, p. 811-818
Scholar Commons Citation
Lejuez, C. W.; Zvolensky, Michael J.; Daughters, Stacey B.; Bornovalova, Marina; Paulson, Autumn; and Tull, Matthew T., "Anxiety Sensitivity: A Unique Predictor of Dropout Among Inner-City Heroin and Crack/Cocaine Users in Residential Substance Use Treatment" (2008). Psychology Faculty Publications. 128.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/128
