Abstract
The current study examined the impact of disruptive behavior disorder (DBD) on substance use outcomes in an adolescent sample. Sixty-eight adolescents and their caregivers were randomized to one of two fourteen-week, outpatient treatments: Motivational Enhancement Therapy/Cognitive Behavior Therapy (MET/CBT)+Parent Management Training+Contingency Management (CM; experimental) and MET/CBT+Parent Drug Education (attention control). This study assessed abstinence, substance use, externalizing behavior, and parenting outcomes over five assessment periods for youth with DBD (DBD+) and without DBD (DBD-). Results showed DBD+/experimental adolescents reported fewer days of marijuana use than DBD+/control adolescents. Results also showed that parents of DBD- adolescents in the experimental condition reported significantly better parenting outcomes compared to DBD-/control. Substance abuse treatment for adolescents with DBD which includes a component such as contingency management and parent training has the potential to contribute to substance use outcomes. Such treatment strategies, however, should include additional support for parents.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 506-514 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 2013 |
Keywords
- Adolescents
- Contingency management
- Disruptive behavior disorder
- Marijuana
- Substance abuse
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Phychiatric Mental Health
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health