The Minnesota model in the treatment of addictions: A social psychological assessment of changes in beliefs and attributions

Abstract

Changes in beliefs and attitudes that accompany Minnesota Model (MM) treatment are examined in terms of Brickman et al.'s Compensatory Model of coping, and Ajzen's theory of planned behaviour. Questionnaires were completed both on intake and at discharge, by 61 patients who successfully completed treatment at a residential MM facility. The questionnaires measured the patients' attributions of responsibility for the cause of, and for recovery from, their addictions, and their beliefs about outcomes, normative pressures and personal control with respect to their abstinence. It is shown that between intake and discharge there is a marked reduction in the patients' feelings of personal responsibility for their addiction, whilst their sense of personal control over their recovery increases significantly. In general, the patients' evaluations of recovery were more favourable on discharge than on intake, although little change was observed in the overall level of perceived normative pressure, or in the importance of taking a range of practical steps to facilitate recovery. When viewed in relation to Brickman et al. and Ajzen's models, these findings place the MM in a favourable light. The results of this study are considered in relation to changes that might be expected among patients undergoing other forms of treatment.

The changes of self-efficacy and perceived social support of addicted to alcohol women and men during treatment period

“…The research demonstrates that application of Minnesota twelvestep program in treatment significantly lowered the feelings of patients' self-accusation for their alcohol addiction and increased the feelings of self-control, recovery from addiction (Morojele & Stephenson, 1992). The alcohol-addicted teenagers, who took part in Minnesota 12-step program, were surveyed: one of them completed the program, while others failed; 53% of the teenagers, who had completed the program, remained sober during the first year after treatment, while 28% of the teenagers, who had not completed the program (had terminated it earlier), remained sober during the first year after treatment (Winters & Stinchfield, 2000).…”

Optimization of service value

“…In short, customers choose products or services considering the tradeoff between ''get'' and ''gives''. An additive model between SQ and SAC describes the relationship of the compensatory tradeoff of service value (Rohsenow, Niaura, Childress, Abrams, & Monti, 1990Morojele & Stephenson, 1992;Seta & Seta, 1992). It calculates service value consisting of service encounters or service stages.…”

Population, Professional, and Client Support for Different Models of Managing Addictive Behaviors

“…Although real-world settings often contain a mixture of these models, as noted by Brickman et al (1982), and some of their aspects (e.g., the understanding of AA) have also been questioned (Morojele & Stephenson, 1992), we will use this conceptual framework to find out which ways of attributing responsibility for the onset and offset of diverse addictions predominate in different stakeholder groups of the Finnish society. The groups we are interested in are addiction treatment professionals, clients in treatment, and members of the general population.…”