Determining the Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy on Improving Coping Strategies and Emotional Regulation of Drug Users Treated in Mid-term Addiction Treatment Centers (Camps)

Objective: This study is conducted to specify the effectiveness of dialectical behavior therapy in improving coping strategies and emotional regulation of drug users in treatment in medium-term residential centers. Method: This study is an experimental study. The research sample includes 20 drug users treated as an experimental group and 20 control groups who were selected by the available method and randomly arranged. Difficulty in emotional regulation was administered before and after the Lazarus Coping Strategies Questionnaire intervention. Then the data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: The results showed that the mean scores of the experimental group in coping strategies in the problem-oriented dimension were higher. In the emotion-oriented dimension, the mean scores of the experimental group were lower than the control group. Conclusion: Based on the mentioned results, the experimental group performs better in facing problems and issues. Also, the ability to regulate emotion in the experimental group is higher than in the control group.  

Determining the Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy on Improving Coping Strategies and Emotional Regulation of Drug Users Treated in Mid-term Addiction Treatment Centers (Camps) Keywords:

Coping Strategies , Emotional Regulation , Drug Abuse