Resistance to temptation: The interaction of external and internal control on alcohol use during residential treatment for alcohol dependence

Introduction: Alcohol use during abstinence-oriented residential treatment programs has been shown to be associated with poor alcohol use outcomes at follow-up. There is evidence that drinking is related to various factors such as patients' general control beliefs and alcohol-related self-efficacy as well as external control of alcohol use and temptation situations to drink. The aim is to investigate how those trait and state variables and number of external control of alcohol use by program's staff are related to alcohol use during abstinence-oriented residential treatment programs for alcohol dependent patient…