چکیده:
Objectives: From the psychological point of view, coping strategies and attitudes have considerable effects on people’s tendency towards risky behavior, including opioid substance abuse. Dysfunctional attitudes are attitudes and beliefs that predispose the individual toward depression and psychological disorder, generally speaking. Usually, people use three types of coping strategies when confronting stressful situations problem-focused, emotion-focused and avoidance strategies. This study therefore aimed to compare dysfunctional attitudes and coping strategies in substance-dependent & healthy individuals. Methods: A causal-comparative study was conducted. The population under study consisted of 100 addicts attending Robat-Karim’s addiction rehabilitation centers who were selected through simple random sampling. Another 100 ordinary individuals were matched with the addicts. The dysfunctional attitudes scale and the coping strategies questionnaire was used to collect data. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to analyze data. Results: The two groups differed significantly in their dysfunctional attitudes and problem-focused and emotion-focused coping strategies. Substance-dependent individuals applied emotion-focused coping more and had greater dysfunctional attitudes than the healthy ones, and the latter applied problem-focused strategies more. Discussion: Based on our results, addicts have greater dysfunctional attitudes than non-addicts. Therefore, better treatment and rehabilitation results may be obtained by preparing grounds for appropriate psychological interventions and coping strategies in substance-dependent individuals.
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Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 1, Spring 2015 Original Article Dysfunctional Attitudes and Coping Strategies in Substance Dependent and Healthy Individuals Yousef A'zami Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran Younes Doostian University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Abdollah Mo'tamedi Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran Omid Massah* Substance Abuse and Dependency Research Center University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Naser Heydari Shaheid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran From the psychological point of view, coping strategies and attitudes have considerable effects on people’s tendency towards risky behavior, including opioid substance abuse.
This study therefore aimed to compare dysfunctional attitudes and coping strategies in substance-dependent & healthy individuals.
Substance-dependent individuals applied emotion-focused coping more and had greater dysfunctional attitudes than the healthy ones, and the latter applied problem-focused strategies more.
Lazarus & Folkman believe that people use three types of coping strategies (CS) when confronted with stress: problem-focused, emotion-focused and avoidance techniques.
In conclusion, the current study was conducted to compare dysfunctional attitudes and coping strategies (problem-focused & emotion-focused) in substance- dependent and healthy individuals to explore the possibilities of various interventions for the prevention or treatment of addiction.
Methods The study had a causal-comparative design, wherein dysfunctional attitudes and coping strategies in substance-dependent and healthy individuals were compared.
41 Table (2) shows the results of MANOVA of dysfunctional attitudes and coping strategies (problem-focused & emotion-focused) applied by the two groups.
Discussion This study was conducted to compare dysfunctional attitudes and coping strategies in substance- dependent and healthy individuals.