Alcoholics anonymous: An empirical outcome study

Length of outpatient addiction treatment and risk of rehospitalization

“…the VA studies (Moos et al, 1999). It is often the case in North American studies that treated women do better than men (Alford, 1980;Toneatto, Sobell, & Sobell, 1992;Vannicelli, 1984). The lower prevalence of rehospitalization for women with different durations of outpatient treatment (Figs.…”

Gender differences in help‐utilization and the 8‐year course of alcohol abuse

“…functioning at work). In Alford's (1980) study, a 1‐year follow‐up of in‐patients found a higher success rate for women than for men: 61% of women versus 30% of men were abstinent, functioning productively and socially stable, possibly because, as noted, more women than men attended AA during follow‐up. In contrast, another 1‐year follow‐up of in‐patients found that women had a higher rate of depression than men (Hesselbrock 1991).…”

“…A Finnish study found similarly that AA membership duration, assessed among members with up to 5 years of sobriety, did not differ between women and men (Makela 1994). In contrast, Alford (1980) found that, after in‐patient treatment, women attended AA more than did men.…”

The 8-Year Course of Alcohol Abuse: Gender Differences in Social Context and Coping

“…For example, among alcoholic inpatients followed 3 to 15 months after discharge, women improved more than men did on family relationships (Schneider et al, 1995). A 1-year follow-up of alcohol inpatient treatment found a higher success rate, including social stability, for women than for men, perhaps because more women than men attended AA during follow-up (Alford, 1980). In the area of coping mechanisms, Amodeo and Kurtz (1998) found a lack of association between type of help (e.g., AA, formal therapy) and endorsement of approach and avoidant coping methods in a men-only sample.…”