Multidimensional Change in Therapeutic Communities for Addictions: The Interplay Between Participant Characteristics, Perceptions of the TC Treatment Process and Time in Treatment

Ilse Goethals; Wouter Vanderplasschen; Stijn Vandevelde; Jan Lammertyn; Dafna Etzion; Eric Broekaert

doi:10.1080/1556035x.2017.1307154

Multidimensional Change in Therapeutic Communities for Addictions: The Interplay Between Participant Characteristics, Perceptions of the TC Treatment Process and Time in Treatment

Ilse Goethals, Wouter Vanderplasschen, Stijn Vandevelde, Jan Lammertyn, Dafna Etzion, Eric Broekaert

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The objective of the current study is to investigate the association between time in treatment and participants' perceptions of the treatment process in therapeutic communities (TCs) for addictions. Using a linear mixed effect model, we assessed whether the rate of participant change was related to motivation, cluster B personality traits, and psychological distress. Longitudinal data were gathered among 155 adults in 4 traditional TCs for addictions in Belgium. The results provide evidence that with time in treatment participants develop more profound perceptions regarding the TC concepts and processes of self-change, which denotes the theoretical assumption of identity change and right living in TC treatment.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	99-116
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery
Volume	12
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035x.2017.1307154
State	Published - 3 Jul 2017

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Addiction
motivation
psychopathology
therapeutic communities
treatment process

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Goethals, I., Vanderplasschen, W., Vandevelde, S., Lammertyn, J., Etzion, D., & Broekaert, E. (2017). Multidimensional Change in Therapeutic Communities for Addictions: The Interplay Between Participant Characteristics, Perceptions of the TC Treatment Process and Time in Treatment. Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery, 12(2-3), 99-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/1556035x.2017.1307154

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Multidimensional Change in Therapeutic Communities for Addictions: The Interplay Between Participant Characteristics, Perceptions of the TC Treatment Process and Time in Treatment. / Goethals, Ilse; Vanderplasschen, Wouter; Vandevelde, Stijn et al.
In: Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery, Vol. 12, No. 2-3, 03.07.2017, p. 99-116.

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