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Emotional Control in Patients With Opioid Dependence Syndrome and Reported History of Negative Life Events
Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment: • 2012
Publication Information
Authors
Moselhy, Hamdy F; Fahmy, Ehsan Mikhael, Victor Samy ; El-Sheikh, Hussein
Keywords
emotional control,opioid dependence and negative life events
Journal
Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment:
Publisher
Not Available
Volume
11
Issue
2
Pages
93-100
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the extent to which individuals who suffer from opioid dependency report controlling emotions of anger, anxiety, and depressed mood.
Method: Recruitment was achieved through an outpatient drug treatment clinic in Birmingham, UK, and data were collected through a semistructured interview. One hundred and twenty participants with opioid-dependence syndrome were interviewed and 100 controls of nondrug-using family members and friends were included in the study.
Result: The mean age of the opioid group was 33.3 years, SD=8.8. The majority of the participants were white British (80.8%), unemployed (69.2%), and male (75%). There is a significant difference between the 2 groups in total control of emotional expression scores and all the 3 subscales. The control group had high ability in controlling their emotion and the patient group had very low ability in controlling their emotion (expression of affect) (P=0.000). Suppression of anger mean was clearly very low in the opioid-dependent group indicating a high level of expression of hostility.
Method: Recruitment was achieved through an outpatient drug treatment clinic in Birmingham, UK, and data were collected through a semistructured interview. One hundred and twenty participants with opioid-dependence syndrome were interviewed and 100 controls of nondrug-using family members and friends were included in the study.
Result: The mean age of the opioid group was 33.3 years, SD=8.8. The majority of the participants were white British (80.8%), unemployed (69.2%), and male (75%). There is a significant difference between the 2 groups in total control of emotional expression scores and all the 3 subscales. The control group had high ability in controlling their emotion and the patient group had very low ability in controlling their emotion (expression of affect) (P=0.000). Suppression of anger mean was clearly very low in the opioid-dependent group indicating a high level of expression of hostility.