Alcohol and other drug abuse counseling outcomes for school-aged youth: A meta-analysis of studies from 1990 to 2009

Forfatter(e)

Rongione, D. Erford, B. T. Broglie, C.

År

2011

DOI

10.1177/2150137811400595

Tidsskrift

Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation

Sider

8-24

Kategori(er)

Rus (alkohol, illegale rusmidler)

Tiltakstype(r)

FamilieterapiKognitiv atferdsterapi, atferdsterapi og kognitiv terapiRådgiving/støttesamtaler

Abstract

Clinical trials exploring the use of counseling and psychotherapy to treat alcohol and other drug use problems in school-aged youth were meta-analyzed using a random effects model.

Of 374 possible studies identified, 20 studies were accepted into the analysis comprising 28 samples of participants (n = 2,837). Counseling and psychotherapy interventions for school-aged youth were inconsistently effective in lowering alcohol use at termination and not effective at follow-up.

Effects of counseling and psychotherapy for drug abuse were consistently significant at termination, but follow-up effects yielded inconsistent results.

With the exception of a sample size effect in the single group drug abuse treatment follow-up analysis, all tests of homogeneity (Cochran's Q and I2) indicated no substantial effects of moderating variables.