A Comparative Study of Problem Solving Styles and Mental Health in Male Substance Abusers and Normal Men
Maryam Sharifi,
Gholam Hossein Javanmard
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 3, June 2017
Pages:
36-42
Received:
6 April 2017
Accepted:
21 April 2017
Published:
19 June 2017
Abstract: The purpose of this research, which has been done on the basis of causal-comparative method, was the comparison of ways of problem-solving and mental health in people suffering from drug abuse and normal people in Maragheh, Iran. In order to do this, 35 men suffering from Substance Abuse Disorder (SUD) and 35 normal men were chosen using purposeful sampling method and via matching the two groups. Then the participants were requested to answer the 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the 24-item Cassidy-Long Problem-Solving Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the technique of multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and SPSS software. Findings showed that the compared groups in problem-solving ways and constructive and unconstructive items and mental health in depression subcomponents had a meaningful difference. The average scores were higher in constructive problem-solving ways in healthy group, and in unconstructive styles in people suffering from drug abuse. Also, the addicted people meaningfully used unconstructive ways of problem-solving more than healthy people. In mental health, the average scores of addicted people in the issues of somatization, anxiety, and social dysfunction were higher than those of healthy group, and in depression, the average scores of healthy people were higher than those of addicted group. Moreover, the addicted people meaningfully reported more signs of somatization and less depression in comparison with the healthy people. Overall, this research showed that using unconstructive styles of problem-solving in people suffering from drug abuse is more common than that of normal people. This necessitates the planning of treatment and rehabilitation interventions for addicted people.
Abstract: The purpose of this research, which has been done on the basis of causal-comparative method, was the comparison of ways of problem-solving and mental health in people suffering from drug abuse and normal people in Maragheh, Iran. In order to do this, 35 men suffering from Substance Abuse Disorder (SUD) and 35 normal men were chosen using purposeful...
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A Comparison of Behavioral Activation/Inhibition Systems and Mindfulness in Addicts and Non-addicted Males
Gholam Hossein Javanmard,
Masumeh Mirhasanpour Vahedi
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 3, June 2017
Pages:
43-48
Received:
20 April 2017
Accepted:
8 May 2017
Published:
23 June 2017
Abstract: The main objective of this causal-comparative research was to compare behavioral activation and inhibition systems and mindfulness in addicts and non-addicted men of Maragheh, Iran. In order to do this, 35 addicted males and 35 non-addicted men were chosen using purposeful sampling method and via matching the two groups. The participants answered the 120-item test of activation/inhibition systems (Gray-Wilson Personality Questionnaire or GWPQ) and the 39-item test of mindfulness (Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills or KIMS). Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and SPSS software. The findings showed that the compared groups in activation/inhibition systems and mindfulness had meaningful differences. The average scores of mindfulness in healthy people were higher than those of the addicted people. While the average scores of behavioral inhibition system in healthy people were higher than addicts, the average scores of behavioral activation system in addicts were higher than non-addicted people. In general, since this study showed that activity level of activation system in addicted people is more than non-addicts, activity level of inhibition system in non-addicts is more than addicted people, and that mindfulness skill in addicts is lower than non-addicts there is the necessity to design therapeutic and rehabilitative interventions.
Abstract: The main objective of this causal-comparative research was to compare behavioral activation and inhibition systems and mindfulness in addicts and non-addicted men of Maragheh, Iran. In order to do this, 35 addicted males and 35 non-addicted men were chosen using purposeful sampling method and via matching the two groups. The participants answered t...
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