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Introduction: The point of this study was to find out how well grass-based emotion regulation training helped people with substance abuse who were getting methadone treatment in Ilam County (Iran) deal with dysfunctional thoughts, make friends, and adjust to their new lives.
Materials and Methods: The research method was a quasi-experimental one, with a pre-test and post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of this study was all addicts undergoing methadone treatment in addiction treatment clinics in Ilam County, Iran; a sample of 40 people was selected using the convenience sampling method and placed in two experimental and control groups (20 people each). A pre-test was administered to both groups, and the experimental group received grass-based emotion regulation therapy interventions in 12 90-minute sessions in a group setting and weekly. The control group did not receive any intervention, and at the end of the intervention, a post-test was administered to both groups. The data collection tools in this study were the Beck and Weissman Dysfunctional Thought Scale and the Bell Adaptation Scale.
Results: Using covariance analysis to look at the data showed that training in emotion regulation made people in the experimental group think less dysfunctionally and helped them adjust to their emotions and social lives better than those in the control group.
Conclusion: People who are addicted to drugs are often exposed to negative emotions, which makes them more likely to act without planning and with dysfunctional thoughts. Emotion regulation training helps these people improve their emotional and social adjustment and lower their dysfunctional thoughts.
Keywords: Emotion Regulation based on the Gross Model, Dysfunctional Thoughts, Emotional and Social Adaptation, Substance Abuse.
Type of Study:
Research |
Subject:
Psychiatric Received: 2021/04/23 | Accepted: 2021/07/28 | Published: 2024/11/12