THE MECHANISMS OF DEALING WITH STRESS OF DRUG-ADDICTED WOMEN AN EXPERIMENTAL COMPARATIVE STUDY

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Institute of Postgraduate Child Hood Studies, Ain Shams University

2 Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University

3 Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams University

Abstract

Objective: This study purpose is to identify the stresses the addict woman suffers from in her way to recovery، then experiencing a setback، that is exposed by the Psychological and environmental scale designed by the researcher.
Study Sample: It consists of (60) items of females، divided into (30) women as the control group and (30) women as the experimental group، aged from (20-30) year olds، previously married.
The Educational status: The control group items are to be reading and writing; while the experimental items are addicts to tramadol drug not for less than one whole year and take off not less than one month.
Study Instruments:
1-   A Questionnaire form of the previously mentioned data and approval of the sample items.
2-   Scale of Psychological Stress (by researcher).
3-   Scale of environmental Stress (by researcher).
Results: Results indicate differences exist between healthy and ill women regarding their dealing with physical stress، followed by psychological، economic، social، and physical stress.
 

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