The URICA as a measure of motivation to change among treatment-seeking individuals with concurrent alcohol and cocaine problems

Psychol Addict Behav. 2002 Dec;16(4):299-307.

Abstract

The original 4-factor structure of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA; C. C. DiClemente & S. O. Hughes, 1990) was replicated, and the scale's internal consistency was found to be acceptable in a sample of 106 cocaine- and alcohol-dependent participants receiving either disulfiram or no medication in a psychotherapy trial. In addition, participants categorized as having high Committed Action (CA), a new URICA composite, had a significantly greater percentage of days abstinent from both alcohol and cocaine (85.6%) than low-CA participants (72.7%, p < .01). Furthermore, a significant Treatment x CA interaction emerged, suggesting that low-CA participants had better outcomes than those with high CA when assigned to medication, whereas high-CA participants fared equally well with or without medication.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Comparative Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alcohol Deterrents / therapeutic use
  • Alcoholism / complications
  • Alcoholism / psychology*
  • Alcoholism / therapy*
  • Cocaine-Related Disorders / complications
  • Cocaine-Related Disorders / drug therapy
  • Cocaine-Related Disorders / psychology*
  • Cocaine-Related Disorders / therapy*
  • Disulfiram / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Motivation
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / standards*
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / statistics & numerical data
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Temperance
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Alcohol Deterrents
  • Disulfiram