Development and Validation of the Volitional Components Inventory for Drug Rehabilitation

Abstract

Long-term recovery from drug abuse is a volitional process. Until now, no measure has been available for assessment of executive functioning capacity in this process. This study aims to identify a volitional process for drug addiction rehabilitation and to develop the Volitional Components Inventory for Drug Rehabilitation (VCI-DR). An item pool was constructed, based on theory construction, individual- and group-focused interviews, and expert feedback. Results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses suggested a structure with five factors: motivation control, impulse control, arousal control, self-discipline, and action management. The VCI-DR displayed promising convergent and discriminant validity with theoretically predicted criterion variables (sense of control, indecisiveness, impulsiveness, motivation of drug addiction rehabilitation, and emotion regulation). In addition, results showed good test–retest reliability, with excellent internal consistencies. Taken together, this research offers promising support for the VCI-DR, potentially advancing both basic and applied addiction research.

Validating and Testing the Teacher Self-Efficacy (TSE) Scale in Drug Education among Secondary School Teachers

“…Drug prevention programs in secondary school aim to develop students' self-awareness, understanding, and resilience to avoid drug abuse (Bahramnejad et al, 2020). The government has devised and implemented the SHIELDS program (from Sayangi Diri Elak Derita Selamanya -.i.e., Love Yourself, Avoid Suffering Forever) to provide opportunity for students to develop their social skills and build good relations with their peers while at the same time committing to avoiding the negative effects of their environment (Liu, 2020;Walid et al, 2021). The program is part of the co-curricular activities involving public secondary school students in drug abuse prevention.…”