Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2015 Mar 20;4(1):e21250.
doi: 10.5812/ijhrba.21250. eCollection 2015 Mar.

The role of family expressed emotion and perceived social support in predicting addiction relapse

Akbar Atadokht  1 , Nader Hajloo  1 , Masoud Karimi  1 , Mohammad Narimani  1
Affiliations

The role of family expressed emotion and perceived social support in predicting addiction relapse

Akbar Atadokht et al. Int J High Risk Behav Addict. .

Abstract

Background: Emotional conditions governing the family and patients' perceived social support play important roles in the treatment or relapse process of the chronic disease.

Objectives: The current study aimed to investigate the role of family expressed emotion and perceived social support in prediction of addiction relapse.

Patients and methods: The descriptive-correlation method was used in the current study. The study population consisted of the individuals referred to the addiction treatment centers in Ardabil from October 2013 to January 2014. The subjects (n = 80) were randomly selected using cluster sampling method. To collect data, expressed emotion test by Cole and Kazaryan, and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) were used, and the obtained data was analyzed using the Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analyses.

Results: Results showed a positive relationship between family expressed emotions and the frequency of relapse (r = 0.26, P = 0.011) and a significant negative relationship between perceived social support and the frequency of relapse (r = -0.34, P = 0.001). Multiple regression analysis also showed that perceived social support from family and the family expressed emotions significantly explained 12% of the total variance of relapse frequency.

Conclusions: These results have implications for addicted people, their families and professionals working in addiction centers to use the emotional potential of families especially their expressed emotions and the perceived social support of addicts to increase the success rate of addiction treatment.

Keywords: Expressed Emotion; Recurrence; Social Support; Substance Addiction.

PubMed Disclaimer

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

See all "Cited by" articles

References

    1. Dackis C, O'Brien C. Neurobiology of addiction: treatment and public policy ramifications. Nat Neurosci. 2005;8(11):1431–6. doi: 10.1038/nn1105-1431. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Galanter M. Innovations: alcohol & drug abuse: spirituality in Alcoholics Anonymous: a valuable adjunct to psychiatric services. Psychiatr Serv. 2006;57(3):307–9. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.57.3.307. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Din Mohammadi MR, Amini K, Yazdan Khah MR. Survey of social and environmental factors related to the relapse of addiction in volunteer addicted individuals in welfare organization of Zanjan. J Zanjan Univ Med Sci. 2007;15(59):85–94.
    1. Vassileva J, Georgiev S, Martin E, Gonzalez R, Segala L. Psychopathic heroin addicts are not uniformly impaired across neurocognitive domains of impulsivity. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2011;114(2-3):194–200. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.09.021. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Tavakoli Ghouchani H, Shojaei Zadeh D, Mazloum SR. Comparative study of factors associated with addiction withdrawal in clients referring to drug-stop clinics of Northern Khorasan (Iran) in 2007. J Ilam Univ Med Sci. 2009;17(2):32–43.

LinkOut - more resources