Featured Research
Research on Alcoholics Anonymous
Principally under the direction of Professor J. Scott Tonigan, our research group at CASAA has conducted a series of scientific studies and reviews of the role of Alcoholics Anonymous in treatment and recovery.
With support from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, we convened a conference on approaches to research on Alcoholics Anonymous. Invited presentations from the conference were published as:
McCrady, B. S., & Miller, W. R. (Eds.) (1993). Research on Alcoholics Anonymous: Opportunities and alternatives. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies.
The following are studies and articles in which I was personally involved.
Montgomery, H. A., Miller, W. R., & Tonigan, J. S. (1993). Differences among AA groups: Implications for research. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 54, 502-504.
Miller, W. R., & Kurtz, E. (1994). Models of alcoholism used in treatment: Contrasting A.A. and other perspectives with which it is often confused. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 55, 159-166.
Montgomery, H. A., Miller, W. R., & Tonigan, J. S. (1995). Does Alcoholics Anonymous involvement predict treatment outcome? Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 12, 241-246.
Tonigan, J. S., Ashcroft, F., & Miller, W. R. (1995). A.A. group dynamics and 12-Step activity. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 56, 616-621.
Tonigan, J. S., Connors, G. J., & Miller, W. R. (1996). The Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement (AAI) scale: Reliability and norms. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 10, 75-80.
Tonigan, J. S., Toscova, R., & Miller, W. R. (1996). Meta-analysis of the literature on Alcoholics Anonymous: Sample and study characteristics moderate findings. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 57, 65-72.
Tonigan, J. S., Connors, G. J., & Miller, W. R. (1999). Special populations in Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcohol Health & Research World, 281-285.
Tonigan, J. S., Connors, G.J., Miller, W.R. (1999). Alcoholics Anonymous Involvement: A review. In Maltby, J., Lewis, C.A., & Hill, A.P. (Eds.). Commissioned reviews on 300 psychological tests. Lampeter Wales, UK, Edwin Mellen Press
Tonigan, J. S., Miller, W. R., & Connors, G. J. (2000). Project MATCH client impressions about Alcoholics Anonymous: Measurement issues and relationship to treatment outcome. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 18, 25-41.
Connors, G. J., Tonigan, J. S., & Miller, W. R. (2001). A longitudinal model of intake symptomatology, AA participation, and outcome: Retrospective study of the Project MATCH outpatient and aftercare samples. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 817-825.
Tonigan, J. S., Miller, W. R., & Connors, G. J. (2001). Prior Alcoholics Anonymous involvement and treatment outcome. In R. Longabaugh & P. W. Wirtz (Eds.), Project MATCH hypotheses: Results and causal chain analyses (pp. 276-284). Project MATCH Monograph Series, Vol. 8. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Tonigan, J. S., Miller, W. R., Juarez, P., & Villanueva, M. (2002). Utilization of AA by Hispanic and non-Hispanic white clients receiving outpatient alcohol treatment. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63, 215-218.
Tonigan, J. S., Miller, W. R., & Schermer, C., (2002). Atheists, agnostics, and Alcoholics Anonymous. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 63, 534-541.
Owen, P. L., Slaymaker, V., Tonigan, J. S., McCrady, B. S., Epstein, E. E., Kaskutas, L. A., Humphreys, K., & Miller, W. R. (2003). Participation in Alcoholics Anonymous: Intended and unintended change mechanisms. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 27, 524-532.
Tonigan, J. S., Connors, G., & Miller, W. R. (2003). Participation and involvement in Alcoholics Anonymous. In T. F. Babor & F. K. Del Boca (Eds.), Treatment matching in alcoholism (pp. 184-204). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Bogenschutz, M. P., Tonigan, J. S., & Miller, W. R. (2006). Examining the effects of alcoholism typology and AA attendance on self-efficacy as a mechanism of change. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 67, 562-567.
Tonigan, J. S., Bogenschutz, M. P., & Miller, W. R. (2006). Is alcoholism typology a predictor of both AA affiliation and disaffiliation after treatment? Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 30, 323-330.
Forcehimes, A. A., Feldstein, S. W., & Miller, W. R. (2008). Glatt’s curve revisited: A pilot study investigating the progression of recovery in Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 26, 241-258.