Recently added articles from Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling:

Inclusion of substance abuse training in CACREP-accredited programs.(Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs )

Oct 01, 2006; Salyers, Kathleen M. ... 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 which students in programs accredited by the ...

Editor's note.

Oct 01, 2006; Hagedorn, W. Bryce ... 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, Ritchie, Luellen, and Roseman (2006), which ...

Discriminating among levels of college student drinking through an Eriksonian theoretical framework.

Oct 01, 2006; Lewis, Todd F. ... 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 assist students in making healthier behavior ...

Reliability and validity of scores from the inventory of drug use consequences.

Oct 01, 2006; Gillaspy, J. Arthur, Jr. ... 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 InDUC demonstrated sound psychometric ...

Applying positive youth development and life-course research to the treatment of adolescents involved with the judicial system.

Oct 01, 2006; Bradshaw, Catherine P. ... 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 perspective and life-course research to clinical ...