THE EFFECT OF DİSTRESS TOLERANCE TO THE PROCESS ON SUBSTANCE USE İN INDİVİDUALS WİTH SUBSTANCE USE DİSORDERS
Keywords:
Substance use disorder, craving, distress toleranceAbstract
Objective: Substance use disorder affects individuals and communities alloverthe world and continues to create a growing danger. In this study, the effect of tolerance to distress on substance use in people with substance use disorder was investigated.
Method: In this study, 50 people were admitted to NP Brain Hospital and 4 of them were female and 46 were male. The question naire was applied to the participants, including sociodemographic data form, Tolerating Distress Scale and Subtance Craving Scale.
Results: The correlation analysis showed that there was a negative, moderate, and significant correlation between Substance Craving Scale and Tolerating Distress Scale and its subscales. Participants with a low level of tolerance for distress were found to have a high level of Subtance Craving Scale medians. Before and after the treatment, there was a significant difference for the median of the participants’Subtance Craving Scale and Tolerating Distress Scale. 50% of the participants who post-treatment distress tolerance lewel is low were using the substance again and 20% of the participants who post-treatment distress tolerance lewel is high were using the substance again.
Conclusion: The findings of the study show that the level of tolerance of distress has an effect on the substance use process.
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