Assessing the Validity of the Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale With Treatment-Seeking Military Service Members

Three hundred and seventy-six Active Duty officers and enlisted Service members completed questionnaires to assess the concurrent and predictive validity of the Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale for Military Service members undergoing substance abuse treatment compared to the established Addiction Treatment Attitude Questionnaire. All three subscales of the Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale were predictive of various treatment outcomes. In addition, a significant correlation existed between the two scales, indicating support for the validity of the Stages of Change Readiness and Treatment Eagerness Scale with military Service members seeking treatment for substance abuse.