Driving while impaired (DWI) intervention service provider orientations: the scales of the DWI Therapeutic Educator Inventory (DTEI)

Subst Abus. 2011 Oct;32(4):225-37. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2011.598412.

Abstract

The therapeutic educator who provides services to driving while impaired (DWI) offenders is a unique professional hybrid, combining education and therapeutic service delivery. In an effort to understand and address this service provider, a 69-item DWI Therapeutic Educator Inventory (DTEI) was constructed. Using principal components and common factor analyses, 6 reliable DWI provider orientation styles were identified: judicial, disease, structure, relationship, interaction, and empathic-supportive. Second-order factoring identified 2 broad reliable dimensions: correctional and therapeutic. These findings further support the construct validity of the DTEI and raise a new question for research: do different provider orientations impact intervention outcomes, such as relapse and recidivism?

Publication types

  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Automobile Driving / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Female
  • Health Personnel / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mental Disorders / therapy
  • Middle Aged
  • Personality Inventory*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / therapy