Search for: [Abstract = "Patients with an alcohol dependence diagnosis represent a diverse group with regard to factors affecting the development of alcohol dependence, the course of the disease including the prevalence of relapses and response to psychotherapeutic and pharmacological treatment. The search for factors and mechanisms that increase the impact on treatment effectiveness, including those conditioning sustained abstinence or a significant reduction in alcohol consumption, remains a major challenge for researchers. The main aims of the study were to examine the temperamental determinants of action control and its changes in the course of alcohol dependence treatment, and to identify factors which contribute to one\-year alcohol abstinence. In the presented longitudinal research a quasi\-experimental procedure was applied. The research model indicates the impact of temperamental and volitional factors \(action control\) on the sustaining of one\-year abstinence, with consideration of sociodemographic variables and an indicator of personality disorders. The study group consisted of 1095 patients diagnosed with alcohol dependence who received treatment in 12 various addiction treatment facilities in Poland. The first survey was conducted at the beginning of the treatment and the second after one year, at each stage in a group of 194 people selected at random from 1095 participants. Respondents, b"]

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