Factors Related to self-Efficacy for Amphetamine Relapse Prevention Among Male Adolescents, Government Drug Abuse Treatment Centers*

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study therapeutic alliance, self-efficacy for amphetamine relapse prevention, relapse copings, social supports and abstinence motivation among male adolescents in government drug abuse treatment centers and to explore relationship between relapse copings, social supports, therapeutic alliance, amphetamine abstinence motivation and self- self-efficacy for amphetamine relapse prevention among male adolescents in government drug abuse treatment centers. Research sample consisted of 140 male adolescents with amphetamine dependence, randomly selected by multistage sampling technique. The data was assessed by questionnaires and analyzed with Pearson correlation and multiple regressions. The finding indicated that the mean of therapeutic alliance of male adolescents receiving rehabilitation in government drug abuse treatment centers was at a high level ( =3.62, SD =.52) and self-efficacy for amphetamine relapse prevention was at a moderate level ( =3.29, SD =.11). There were positive significant relationships between cognitive and behavioral problem solving coping, abstinence focused coping, family social support, friend’s social support, therapeutic alliance, amphetamine abstinence motivation and self-efficacy for amphetamine relapse prevention (r= .42, .42, .34, .17, .30 and .53 respectively, p <.05). Moreover, amphetamine abstinence motivation was the only predictor of self-efficacy for amphetamine relapse prevention which accounted for 27% of the variance (R²_Adj = .270, p <.05).