Enhancing substance abuse treatment evaluations: Examining mediators and moderators of treatment effects

摘要: This article considers ways in which the basic, comparative approach to evaluating treatment for substance abuse is sometimes enhanced. The general strategy has been make evaluation projects explanatory by embedding them a theoretical framework. Using either theory of process or patient-treatment matching guide, typical approaches enhancing evaluations are identify mediators moderators effects. In addition addressing basic question "Does work not work?" one can also ask more evaluations: "How why does and/or "For whom do treatments Variations these questions that be addressed and interaction effect analyses discussed. Particular attention given explaining (identifying of) Some advantages making