Relationship between Locus of Control and Adherence to Alcoholic Anonymous Meetings among Persons Recovering from Substance Abuse in Nairobi County, Kenya
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Date
2019
Authors
Gachara, Esther G.
Wasanga, Christine
Olaly, Wilfrida
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International Journal of Education and Research
Abstract
One of the most familiar after care programs engaged in by persons recovering from substance
abuse addiction to help sustain abstinence is the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) programs.
Nevertheless, rehabilitees need to adhere to them in order to help achieve long-term abstinence.
Locus of control has been shown to be associated with adherence to treatment modalities but
limited studies have done on adherence to substance abuse support groups especially Alcoholic
Anonymous groups because of anonymity Principe. The study therefore focused on establishing the
relationship between locus of control and adherence to alcoholic anonymous group meetings. Snow
ball was used to identify contact persons and access groups. Total of 90 members assented to
participate in the study. Despite the popular notion that members of alcoholic anonymous groups
lean towards externality, the difference between those who leaned towards internal and external
locus of control was minimal. A majority of 51.5 % respondents had high levels of external locus of
control compared with 48.9% who scored more on external locus of control. A positive relationship
was noted between moderate levels of internal locus of control and adherence, r (16) = .548,
p<0.05.
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An Article Published in International Journal of Education and Research
Keywords
Locus of control, Alcoholic Anonymous, Abstinence, Support groups, Persons recovering from addiction