Citation

Bardsley PE, Beckman LJ. Int. J. Addict. 1988; 23(1): 19-28.

Affiliation

Office of Academic Computing, University of California, Los Angeles.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Marcel Dekker)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3360533

Abstract

The Health Belief Model (HBM) was used to study alcoholism treatment utilization. In-treatment (INT) samples of male and female subjects were compared with male and female subjects in two not-in-treatment (NOT) problem-drinker groups on variables hypothesized to affect health-related behavior. Only two of the five HBM components--perceived severity and cues to action--showed strong, consistent relationships with the decision to enter treatment. Women and men in treatment had higher perceived illness severity than those not in treatment. The INT sample reported a greater number of unusual events (cues to action) during the previous month than the NOT group.

Language: en