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Substance Abuse Programs for Adolescents

There has been almost no evaluative research conducted to examine the efficacy of meditation as a therapeutic intervention for the remediation of substance abuse problems of adolescents in general or adolescents from divorced family situations in particular. (Sharma, Dillbeck & Dillbeck, 1994). However, evaluative research of behavioral modification programs using relaxation techniques similar to meditation techniques have shown some success (Sue, Sue & Sue, 1994); this fact leads to the notion that it is important to conduct at least some research that investigates substance abuse programs for adolescents that utilize meditation techniques as one of the primary elements of the program.

Accordingly, the research problem proposed for study here is the evaluation of Sharma, Dillbeck and Dillbeck's (1994) Transcendental Meditation program. This program, containing individual and family components, was designed to assist adolescents with problems of alcohol and drug abuse. The fact that the program contains family-related elements and components makes it especially salient for substance abusing adolescents from divorced homes because the existing research indicates that family structure may be a contributor to the development and maintenance of substance abuse problems (e.g., Hoffman, 1995; Doherty & Needle, 1991; Runeson, 1990).

It can be noted here that while the program is said by the authors to work best for preventative purposes it can also be employed for use with young people who have already developed substance abuse problems.

The hypotheses formulated for testing in the proposed research are based on the fact that the existing research indicates that: (1) parent involvement in treatment is efficacious; and (2) relaxation interventions have fairly good success rates. These findings lead to the following research hypotheses:

Research Hypothesis 1. Treatment efficacy (as measured by the perceptions of counselor...

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