Stress Coping of Patients with Substance use Disorder in Latvia

dc.contributor.authorSudraba, Velga
dc.contributor.authorMillere, A.
dc.contributor.authorPūce, Andris
dc.contributor.authorMillere, E.
dc.contributor.authorZumente, Z.
dc.contributor.authorDeklava, L.
dc.contributor.authorMillere, I.
dc.contributor.authorCaune, L.
dc.contributor.authorVagale, A.
dc.contributor.institutionRīga Stradiņš University
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-25T16:10:01Z
dc.date.available2021-08-25T16:10:01Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractStress is a part of our everyday life and it plays an important role in causing various diseases. Studies related to aetiology of using pshyhoactive substances have shown that stress is one of strongest factor that provokes the use of addictive substanceswhichemphasizes necessity of research aboutstress copingtypes for patients with addiction. Purpose of study is to examine stress coping among patients with substance use disorders in Latvia.2 research tools were used: a demographic questionnaire and “The Ways of coping scale” (Folkman& Lazarus, 1985). The results show that women use emotion-oriented stress coping. For women who have completed treatment, more specific ways of stress coping are accepting responsibility, escape-avoidance and positive reappraisal. Among men, the dominant stress coping strategy is problem-oriented stress coping. Male patients who have completed treatment use more accepting responsibility and planful problem solving.en
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.format.extent302831
dc.identifier.citationSudraba, V, Millere, A, Pūce, A, Millere, E, Zumente, Z, Deklava, L, Millere, I, Caune, L & Vagale, A 2014, 'Stress Coping of Patients with Substance use Disorder in Latvia', Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol. 159, pp. 303-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.377
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.377
dc.identifier.issn1877-0428
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.rsu.lv/jspui/handle/123456789/6082
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectstress coping
dc.subjectpatients with addiction
dc.subject5.1 Psychology
dc.subject1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database
dc.titleStress Coping of Patients with Substance use Disorder in Latviaen
dc.type/dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontojournal/conferencearticle

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