- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- Significance of family therapy in treatment of adolescent substance-abusers, 1989
- Creator:
- Wylly, Barbara Lastell
- Date of Original:
- 1989-04-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The overall objective of this study is to investigate family factors in adolescent substanceabuse and the significance of family therapy as part of adolescent substanceabuse treatment. The proposal underlying the study was that adolescents who received structurally-oriented individual-family therapy during inpatient substanceabuse treatment would demonstrate a higher level of functioning on several variables than adolescents who did not receive this type of therapy. A static group comparison design was used in the study. The adolescents level of functioning was defined in terms of the following variables: (a) self esteem, (b) depression and (C) attitudes towards family. A questionnaire was administered to adolescents in clinical and community settings. The results of the study indicated a direct and positive association between structurally-oriented individual-family therapy and a higher level of functioning.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1989_wylly_barbara_l
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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