Abstract

SZUPSZYNSKI, Karen Priscila Del Rio; SARTES, Laisa Marcorela Andreoli; ANDRETTA, Ilana  and  OLIVEIRA, Margareth da Silva. Cognitive and behavioral change processes in crack cocaine users in treatment. Rev. bras.ter. cogn. [online]. 2014, vol.10, n.1, pp. 11-18. ISSN 1808-5687.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/1808-5687.20140003.

Comprehension of motivation and change process among alcohol and other drugs users has been the focus of great interest in recent decades. The severity consequence of crack cocaine-related use increase concerns with treatment process elements. The aim of this study was to evaluate the building blocks of change processes (cognitive and behavioral) in a sample of 395 crack cocaine users in treatment through the exploitation of socio-demographic variables, stage of motivation, duration of treatment and of withdrawal, and cognitive screening. The models obtained by linear regression showed that variables such as age, motivational stage, duration of withdrawal, and cognitive screening, are associated with each stage of cognitive and behavioral processes. Similarities and differences with the international literature and the Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTM) are taken into account.

Keywords : cognitive behavior therapy; crack cocaine; motivation.