A Randomized Trial of a DWI Intervention Program for First Offenders: Intervention Outcomes and Interactions with Antisocial Personality Disorder Among a Primarily American-Indian Sample

This article reports on a randomized trial study of a driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) intervention program for first offenders. The authors focuses on intervention outcomes and interactions with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) among a primarily American Indian sample. The study was conducted in conjunction with 28 days of incarceration; the study incorporated motivational interviewing principles for first-time DWI offenders (n = 305; 52 participates were also diagnosed with ASPD). Self-reported frequency of drinking and driving as well as various measures of drinking over the preceding 90 days were also available 244 participants. The authors included DWI rearrest data for 274 participants in their analysis. The results showed that participants who were randomized to receive the first offender incarceration and treatment program reported greater reductions in alcohol consumption from baseline levels when compared with participants who were only incarcerated. Antisocial personality disorder participants reported heavier and more frequent drinking but showed significantly greater declines in drinking from intake to posttreatment assessments. The authors conclude that nonconfrontational treatment may significantly enhance outcomes for DWI offenders with ASPD when delivered in an incarcerated setting.

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• Authors:
  • Woodall, W Gill
  • Delaney, Harold D
  • Kunitz, Stephen J
  • Westerberg, Verner S
  • Zhao, Hongwei
• Publication Date: 2007-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 974-987
• Serial:
  • Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
  • ISSN: 0145-6008
  • EISSN: 1530-0277
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1530-0277

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver rehabilitation; Drunk driving; Mental disorders; Motivation; Native Americans; Personality; Recidivism; Self evaluation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Antisocial personality disorder; Incarceration; Intervention
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01054292
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 26 2007 9:55AM