This investigation examines the relative influence of social support and other empirically relevant inmate characteristics on incarcerated substance abusers' perceptions of their post release adjustment. Survey data were collected from 101 male and female substance-abusing offenders participating in prison-and jail-based treatment programs in south Florida. Regression equations were developed using different measures of respondents' efficacy expectations. Among predictors, only social support proved significant (p < .05) in relation to respondents' expectations of their postrelease success. This investigation demonstrates the complexity of incarcerated substance abusers' efficacy expectations and identifies social support as a potential rehabilitative resource for counselors who work with substance-abusing inmates.
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