The Effectiveness of process emotion regulation strategies in improvement on executive functions and quality of life in recovered addictions in drop in centers.

Authors
ABDOLLAH BORHANI
ALIREZA MORADI
MEHDI AKBARY
rozhin mirani
KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY
Abstract
Abstract

Addiction has negative effects on people's psychological and social aspects. In fact, addiction is a chronic disease that causes various biological, psychological and social impact of.The aim of current study was Effectiveness of process emotion regulation strategies in improvement on executive functions and quality of life in recovered addictions in drop in centers. The method of this research is experimental that we used pre-tests and post-tests with control group. The sample consisted of 24 male of recovered addictions in drop in centers that selected with accessible sampaling and randomly they have been appointed in experimental and control group. Experimental group recieved emotion regulation strategies based on gross model for ten sessions, while the control group don,t take any intervention. The information were assessed via Wisconsin card sorting test and quality of life questionnaire.The data were analyzed by analysis of multivariate covariance. The results show that process emotion regulation strategies improve executive functions and increase quality of life in experimental group. process emotion regulation strategies suggest positive clinical implications in substance abuse treatment and relapse prevention.
Keywords
Keywords: process emotion regulation
executive function
quality of life
addiction
drop in centers.(DIC)
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