research on addiction

Objective: This study aimed to compare behavioral activation and inhibition systems and coping styles in opium consumer,Methadone maintenance treatment clients and healthy peers.

Methods: A causal-comparative study was used in this retrospective and fundamental research. Statistical population of this research include all men of substance abuse addiction treatment center in Sari city in 1395. The sample consisted of 43 opium consumer (self-represented), 45 Methadone maintenance treatment clients, and 40 healthy peers who were selected via at hand sampling method. For data collection, were administered for every 3 groups the Behavioral activation-inhibition system scale (BIS-BAS) and Coping Strategies Inventory (CISS). Then the data was performed in program spss version 21 using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and tukey test (TUKEY).

Results: The results showed that there was a significant difference between three groups in behavioral activation and inhibition systems and coping styles. Also, opium consumer and methadone maintenance treatment clients displayed higher behavioral activation systems and higher emotion oriented and evoidance oriented coping, than did healthy peers.

Conclusions: These findings can help experts to have a better and more accurate understanding of substance misuse cause and use proper methods to prevention from addiction and expand helpful treatments.