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12-step program: a study
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28-03-2014 9:27pm#1
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If it is effectiveness you are looking to study, it could be interesting to compare 12 steps against people who went cold turkey on their own without any form of therapy, people who went to one on one private counselling, people who go to a treatment centre and meetings, and people who go to meetings without having attended a treatment centre. (there are possibly other options too)
Having gathered a number of people who meet the above criteria, you could pick a time period say for example 8 years, and conduct the study to determine in those 8 years how many have had say
-no slips
-1 slip
-2 slips
-3 slips
(and onwards etc.)
or
-were actively back drinking/using drugs/gambling
The whole group of people at the very start could also be broken down into further categories such as:
-age
-gender
-employed or unemployed?
-does the person have a support network of their friends and family or not?
-was the person completing 12 steps/other form of treatment of their own initiative, or were they pushed into it under threat of losing job and/or family but didn't really believe they had a problem?
-do they suffer with any other form of diagnosed mental illness such as depression or other?
...... to see what (if any) effect these factors play on the bearing of results.
You could also ask:
-what their own level of satisfaction and opinion on their success is, such as do they feel their life has improved greatly, do they feel that they have taken control of their addiction?etc
You would also have to take into account that due to the nature of the study, a large number of relevant people may not be represented in the study due to their wish to complete anonymity and not wanting to partake in any type of study.(even if you say the study is anonymous)
You would have to consider the possibility that there may be a correlation in that the people happy to do the study may be the people who have had most positive results leading to a higher success rate result in your findings.
Of course the opposite also has to be considered that there are people who have been very successful but you don't get many of these volunteers because of their wish for complete anonymity and no link to any study.
That's just a few ideas I thought might be interesting to do comparisons between as it might show whether sobriety effectiveness is based more on the type of treatment used, or else more by other factors in life that don't distinguish between the type of treatment used.
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Cheers LA. It sounds like the biggest issue might be in sample selection so? As dar points out, there are quite a few studies into the area, I'm just trying to get an idea of some of the potential issues that would affect the methodology of such a study.Little Acorn wrote: »If it is effectiveness you are looking to study, it could be interesting to compare 12 steps against people who went cold turkey on their own without any form of therapy, people who went to one on one private counselling, people who go to a treatment centre and meetings, and people who go to meetings without having attended a treatment centre. (there are possibly other options too)
Having gathered a number of people who meet the above criteria, you could pick a time period say for example 8 years, and conduct the study to determine in those 8 years how many have had say
-no slips
-1 slip
-2 slips
-3 slips
(and onwards etc.)
or
-were actively back drinking/using drugs/gambling
The whole group of people at the very start could also be broken down into further categories such as:
-age
-gender
-employed or unemployed?
-does the person have a support network of their friends and family or not?
-was the person completing 12 steps/other form of treatment of their own initiative, or were they pushed into it under threat of losing job and/or family but didn't really believe they had a problem?
-do they suffer with any other form of diagnosed mental illness such as depression or other?
...... to see what (if any) effect these factors play on the bearing of results.
You could also ask:
-what their own level of satisfaction and opinion on their success is, such as do they feel their life has improved greatly, do they feel that they have taken control of their addiction?etc
You would also have to take into account that due to the nature of the study, a large number of relevant people may not be represented in the study due to their wish to complete anonymity and not wanting to partake in any type of study.(even if you say the study is anonymous)
You would have to consider the possibility that there may be a correlation in that the people happy to do the study may be the people who have had most positive results leading to a higher success rate result in your findings.
Of course the opposite also has to be considered that there are people who have been very successful but you don't get many of these volunteers because of their wish for complete anonymity and no link to any study.
That's just a few ideas I thought might be interesting to do comparisons between as it might show whether sobriety effectiveness is based more on the type of treatment used, or else more by other factors in life that don't distinguish between the type of treatment used.0 -
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