Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling articles from October 2006

Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling archives from October 2006

Applying positive youth development and life-course research to the treatment of adolescents involved with the judicial system.
October 1, 2006... Contemporary perspectives on positive youth development are considered in light of multidisciplinary life-course research regarding the development of serious behavior problems. Strategies are provided for applying the youth development...

Reliability and validity of scores from the inventory of drug use consequences.
October 1, 2006... Psychometric properties of the Inventory of Drug Use Consequences (InDUC; W. M. Miller, J. S. Tonigan, & R. Longabaugh, 1995), a self-report assessment of negative consequences associated with alcohol and other drug use, were investigated. The...

Discriminating among levels of college student drinking through an Eriksonian theoretical framework.
October 1, 2006... Identity development is a critical period that extends into adulthood. Based on E. H. Erikson's (1968) theory, this study explored how identity statuses best separate heavy- from light-drinking college students. Exploring identity status can...

Editor's note.
October 1, 2006... Occasionally, a piece of research comes along that warrants republishing, especially when it pertains to multiple audiences that may not have the opportunity to read it in other venues. Such is the case with the article that follows by Salyers,...

Inclusion of substance abuse training in CACREP-accredited programs.(Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs )
October 1, 2006... Professional counselors and counselors-in-training continue to serve clients who have substance abuse issues, yet systematic training in substance abuse counseling is not available to many counselors. The authors investigated the extent to...