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Addiction peer recovery coach training pilot: assessment of confidence levels
BACKGROUND: Peer recovery coaches (PRCs) have become a critical tool in addiction treatment in many areas of the world. Despite this fact, no identified research has examined the process or impact of PRC training. Furthermore, no scales were identified to measure trainee confidence in various PRC te...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7912601/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33665010 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10783 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Peer recovery coaches (PRCs) have become a critical tool in addiction treatment in many areas of the world. Despite this fact, no identified research has examined the process or impact of PRC training. Furthermore, no scales were identified to measure trainee confidence in various PRC techniques. The goal of this article is to analyze the process and immediate impact of PRC training of twelve American Indians (AIs) in a culturally-specific program. We focus most specifically on trainee confidence levels. METHODS: No written consent was obtained and completion of the assessment was considered consent. Trainees completed self-assessments before and after the training. The self-assessment examined nine areas ranging from understanding the role of PRCs to knowledge of effective PRC techniques. Paired t-tests were used to assess for changes in individual trainee responses between the pre- and post-assessments. RESULTS: Pre-training responses ranged from moderate to high. Questions with the lowest average confidence levels address PRC activities or specific techniques to facilitate recovery. All nine questions showed statistically significant mean improvements in the post-training self-assessments. Questions regarding specific PRC activities and techniques showed the greatest improvement. Questions relating to helping people more generally showed the smallest improvement. Average post-training responses fell within a very narrow range indicating relatively consistent confidence levels across skills. Analysis indicates participants were possibly over-confident in certain areas (i.e., maintaining boundaries). This small pilot represents an initial attempt to measure confidence levels of PRC trainees. The findings may inform future training by identifying certain areas where emphasis might be most helpful for trainees. In addition, it is hoped that this work will encourage more systematic analysis of the impact of PRC training on individuals. |
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spelling | pubmed-79126012021-03-03 Addiction peer recovery coach training pilot: assessment of confidence levels Guenzel, Nicholas Dai, Hongying PeerJ Psychiatry and Psychology BACKGROUND: Peer recovery coaches (PRCs) have become a critical tool in addiction treatment in many areas of the world. Despite this fact, no identified research has examined the process or impact of PRC training. Furthermore, no scales were identified to measure trainee confidence in various PRC techniques. The goal of this article is to analyze the process and immediate impact of PRC training of twelve American Indians (AIs) in a culturally-specific program. We focus most specifically on trainee confidence levels. METHODS: No written consent was obtained and completion of the assessment was considered consent. Trainees completed self-assessments before and after the training. The self-assessment examined nine areas ranging from understanding the role of PRCs to knowledge of effective PRC techniques. Paired t-tests were used to assess for changes in individual trainee responses between the pre- and post-assessments. RESULTS: Pre-training responses ranged from moderate to high. Questions with the lowest average confidence levels address PRC activities or specific techniques to facilitate recovery. All nine questions showed statistically significant mean improvements in the post-training self-assessments. Questions regarding specific PRC activities and techniques showed the greatest improvement. Questions relating to helping people more generally showed the smallest improvement. Average post-training responses fell within a very narrow range indicating relatively consistent confidence levels across skills. Analysis indicates participants were possibly over-confident in certain areas (i.e., maintaining boundaries). This small pilot represents an initial attempt to measure confidence levels of PRC trainees. The findings may inform future training by identifying certain areas where emphasis might be most helpful for trainees. In addition, it is hoped that this work will encourage more systematic analysis of the impact of PRC training on individuals. PeerJ Inc. 2021-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7912601/ /pubmed/33665010 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10783 Text en © 2021 Guenzel and Dai https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Psychiatry and Psychology Guenzel, Nicholas Dai, Hongying Addiction peer recovery coach training pilot: assessment of confidence levels |
title | Addiction peer recovery coach training pilot: assessment of confidence levels |
title_full | Addiction peer recovery coach training pilot: assessment of confidence levels |
title_fullStr | Addiction peer recovery coach training pilot: assessment of confidence levels |
title_full_unstemmed | Addiction peer recovery coach training pilot: assessment of confidence levels |
title_short | Addiction peer recovery coach training pilot: assessment of confidence levels |
title_sort | addiction peer recovery coach training pilot: assessment of confidence levels |
topic | Psychiatry and Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7912601/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33665010 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10783 |
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