Hostname: page-component-78c5997874-m6dg7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-11-07T20:24:21.476Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Evaluation of the Controlling Alcohol and Relationship Enhancement (CARE) Program With Hazardous Drinkers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2012

Ruth Bouma ,
W. Kim Halford  and
Ross McD. Young
Ruth Bouma
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Australia.
W. Kim Halford*
Affiliation:
Griffith University, Australia.
Ross McD. Young
Affiliation:
The University of Queensland, Australia.
*
Address for correspondence: Professor Kim Halford, School of Psychology, Griffith University, Mt Gravatt, QLD 4111, Australia. E-mail: [email protected]
Get access

Abstract

We assessed the effects of the Controlling Alcohol and Relationship Enhancement (CARE) program, an early intervention combining reduction of hazardous alcohol consumption and enhancement of couple relationships. Thirty-seven hazardous drinking couples were randomly allocated to either the CARE program or to a control condition. CARE couples improved their communication more than controls, but couples in both conditions reduced hazardous drinking to a similar extent. CARE is a potentially useful means of promoting positive relationship communication in hazardous drinking couples.

Type
Standard Papers
Information
Behaviour Change , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , 01 December 2004 , pp. 229 - 250
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2004

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)