Adding voucher-based incentives to coping skills and motivational enhancement improves outcomes during treatment for marijuana dependence

TitleAdding voucher-based incentives to coping skills and motivational enhancement improves outcomes during treatment for marijuana dependence
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2000
AuthorsBudney, AJ, Higgins, ST, Radonovich, KJ, Novy, PL
JournalJournal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Volume68
Pagination1051-1061
Date PublishedDec
Publication Languageeng
ISBN Number0022-006X (Print)0022-006X (Linking)
Accession Number11142539
Keywords*Adaptation, Psychological, *Motivation, *Token Economy, Adult, Ambulatory Care, Behavior Therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Marijuana Abuse/psychology/*rehabilitation
Abstract

Sixty individuals seeking outpatient treatment for marijuana dependence were randomly assigned to 1 of 3 treatments: motivational enhancement (M), M plus behavioral coping skills therapy (MBT), or MBT plus voucher-based incentives (MBTV). In the voucher-based incentive program, participants earned vouchers exchangeable for retail items contingent on them submitting cannabinoid-negative urine specimens. MBTV engendered significantly greater durations of documented marijuana abstinence during treatment compared with MBT and M, and a greater percentage of participants in the MBTV group compared with the MBT or M groups were abstinent at the end of treatment. No significant differences in marijuana abstinence were observed between the MBT and M groups. The positive effects of the voucher program in this study support the utility of incentive-based interventions for the treatment of substance dependence disorders including marijuana dependence.

URLhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11142539
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