Reasoned Action Theory

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While researching for an article to use that correlated with the Theory of Reasoned Action and the Theory of Planned Behavior, I discovered an interesting article on substance abuse treatment and providers.
Roberto, A., Shafer, M., & Marmo, J. (2014). Predicting substance-abuse treatment providers' communication with clients about medication assisted treatment: A test of the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior. Journal Of Substance Abuse Treatment, 47(5), 307-313. Retrieved from https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/journal/1-s2.0-S0740547214000956
This article discussed a combined focus of both the theory of reasoned action (TRA) and theory of planned behavior (TPB). The authors wanted to investigate how retrospectively one …show more content…

Characteristics of the sample used in the study: Age, Ethnicity, In recovery, Location of work, Core work functions, MAT offered, MAT organizational support level, Workshops/training about use of MAT to treat substance abuse, Self-rating knowledge level of MAT, Interest in participation in training using MAT. The questions were instrumented to assess behavior, behavioral intention, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, and attitude. The design was qualitative and closely defined in the theory of planned …show more content…

It also provided a list of factors that influence the recommendations of utilizing the MAT for a substance-abuse treatment provider. A few examples would be reinforcement of the positive attitudes toward MAT, or increase the neural subjective norms and perceived behavioral control to be more positive. Given the large population the substance-abuse treatment providers treat, interventions targeting providers could have a much greater impact on more individuals than those just targeting individual clients. This brings significance in this study because it was theory-based and extends the scope of the TRA and TPB to a topic and target audience, and also sheds light on the direction to where we focus the raising awareness and education to, which would be the providers. This will cause a considerably bigger trickle down affect by the ability to encourage their practice in utilizing MAT which will reach so many more patients this way. In addition, the results from this study also confirmed the applicability of TRA as a conceptual model for explaining counselor's attitudes and intentions, and linking the influence that social norms have upon both (Roberto, Shafer & Marmo,

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