| Literature DB >> 24187430 |
Mandy D Owens1, Kevin A Hallgren, Benjamin O Ladd, Kristina Rynes, Barbara S McCrady, Elizabeth Epstein.
Abstract
This study examined the association between relationship satisfaction and drinking urges among women who participated in alcohol behavioral individual therapy (ABIT) and Alcohol Behavioral Couples Therapy (ABCT). Relationship satisfaction and drinking urges were not related on a daily level, but urges were related to mean levels of relationship satisfaction and this association was moderated by treatment condition and time in treatment. Women with higher relationship satisfaction had fewer drinking urges, and women in ABCT with higher relationship satisfaction experienced greater reductions in urges during treatment. These findings suggest that ABCT may target the association between relationship satisfaction and drinking urges.Entities:
Keywords: Alcohol; alcohol behavioral couples therapy; couples therapy; treatment; women
Year: 2013 PMID: 24187430 PMCID: PMC3810990 DOI: 10.1080/07347324.2013.831668
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Alcohol Treat Q ISSN: 0734-7324