The effectiveness of cognitive empowerment of mental states on the ability to read minds (theory of mind) of substance dependent people

Authors
Majid Ghorbani 1
Mahmoud Najafi 1
Vahid Nejati 2
Mohammad Ali Mohammadifar 1
1 Semnan University
2 Shahid Beheshti University
Abstract
The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive empowerment of mental states on the mind reading ability of substance dependent people. The current study was a quasi-experimental type with a pretest-posttest design with a control group. 30 drug addicts with the same conditions in terms of age, education, occupation, etc. were selected and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). The participants responded to the eye reading test (Baron-Cohen test) in the pretest and posttest. The experimental group was subjected to the intervention of the cognitive empowerment program (Terme program) and the control group did not receive any intervention. The results of covariance analysis showed that cognitive empowerment (Terme program) is effective on the ability to read minds (theory of mind) in drug dependent people. In fact, the Terme program has improved the ability to read minds through the eyes in drug dependent people. Based on the results of the present research, it is possible to use the cognitive empowerment program (Terme program) in the ability to read minds through the eyes for drug dependent people.
Keywords
cognitive empowerment
theory of mind
mind reading through eyes
Social cognition
addiction
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