期刊名称:International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences
印刷版ISSN:2163-1948
电子版ISSN:2163-1956
出版年度:2017
卷号:7
期号:3
页码:94-98
DOI:10.5923/j.ijpbs.20170703.06
语种:English
出版社:Scientific & Academic Publishing Co.
摘要:The drug abuse is one the most severe problems in the modern world that imposes huge costs on the international community. Today, the drug abuse and its unpleasant outcomes are among the most important general health problems, throughout the world. Accordingly, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of teaching emotion regulation based on Gross Model on coping and depression strategies in the drug–dependent people. In this study as an experimental research, 40 subjects were selected randomly among drug-dependant people who referred to addiction quitting and treatment clinics and they were assigned to one of the experimental and control groups by the same method: control (n=20), experimental (n=20). The experimental group was treated in a group during 8 sessions that last 2 hours. The subjects were analyzed by depression questionnaire and coping strategies before beginning and after completing the treatment process. The control group received no intervention or Therapeutic help. The data were analyzed by statistical method of Covariance Analysis. The results indicated that Teaching Emotion Regulation Based on Gross Model was effective on appropriate usage of coping strategies and decreasing depression in drug –dependent People. The drug abusers has a lot of problems in regulating their emotions, thus teaching the emotion regulation and the correct usage of emotions to such people can be effective in decreasing and removing their problems.