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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2011 Nov 22;43(1):44–52. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2011.10.003

Table 2.

Proportion relapsed in each of five major relapse categories and corresponding minor relapse categories for first and subsequent relapse episodes (N = 124).

Relapse Precursor Initial Relapse (% yes) Subsequent Relapse (% yes)
Negative Intrapersonal* 68.0 56.3
 Coping with frustration/anger 18.8 20.3
 Coping with fear 0.8 1.6
 Coping with depression 10.2 10.9
 Coping with boredom 20.3 14.8
 Concern about responsibility 6.2 1.6
 Anxiety 9.4 4.7
 Feeling like a failure 2.3 0.8
 Other 0.0 1.6
Negative Physiological States* 10.9 10.2
 Coping with pain, illness, injury, etc. 10.9 10.2
Other Intrapersonal 91.4 89.1
 Get High 38.3 44.5
 Test personal Control 8.6 3.9
 Give into temptations in the presence of cues 43.0 35.9
 Give into temptation in the absence of cues 1.6 3.9
 Other 0.0 0.8
Interpersonal* 33.6 35.2
 Coping with frustration/anger 15.6 14.1
 Feeling criticized 3.1 3.9
 Feeling rejected 1.6 4.7
 Disappointment in a person (feeling let down) 1.6 2.3
 Tense around others 4.7 5.5
 Nervous/Uptight around the opposite sex 4.7 3.1
 Other 2.3 1.6
Social Pressure 72.7 71.9
 Coping with direct social pressure (offer) 50.0 44.5
 Coping with indirect social pressure (cues, but no offer) 22.7 27.3

Note. Five major relapse categories are indicated in bold text. Chi-square analyses evaluated differences between percent endorsement of each relapse category between first and subsequent relapse.

*

p < .05