The Comparison of Self-regulation and Affective Control in Methamphetamine and Narcotics Addicts and Non-Addicts

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AuthorKolthoum Tayyebien
AuthorAbbas Abolghasemien
AuthorMajid Mahmood Aliluen
AuthorNader Monirpooren
Issued Date2013-03-31en
AbstractBackground: Increased prevalence and widespread use of methamphetamine is the public challenge and worry in the world. It seems that low levels of self-regulation and affective control to carry up probability of psychoactive drugs abuse. Objectives: The purpose of the present study is the comparison of self-regulation and affective control in methamphetamine and narcotics addicts and non-addicts. Materials and Methods: In this causative-comparative study, 80 addicts (40 methamphetamine addicts and 40 narcotic addicts) who referred to self-reference quitting addictive centers in Miyaneh, Iran, participated in convenience sampling. Then, they matched up with 40 non-addicts according to age, sex, educational level, and marital status. To collect data, we used self-regulation questionnaire and affective control scale. The data was analyzed by multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and LSD test. Results: Result shows that there is a significant difference between methamphetamine addicts and narcotics addicts and non-addicts in self-regulation and affective control (P = 0.001). Conclusions: This finding indicates that low self-regulation and affective control is a risky factor in psychoactive drugs abuse.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.8442en
KeywordNarcoticsen
KeywordMethamphetamineen
KeywordSelf-regulationen
KeywordAffective controlen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleThe Comparison of Self-regulation and Affective Control in Methamphetamine and Narcotics Addicts and Non-Addictsen
TypeResearch Articleen

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