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10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.09.099
| Title: | Stress coping strategies of Drug and Alcohol Addicted patients in Latvia |
| Authors: | Sudraba, V. Millere, A. Deklava, L. Millere, E. Zumente, Z. Circenis, K. Millere, I. Faculty of Public Health and Social Welfare Faculty of Medicine |
| Keywords: | substance use disorder patients;stress coping;5.1 Psychology;3.1 Basic medicine;1.1. Scientific article indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus database |
| Issue Date: | 2015 |
| Citation: | Sudraba , V , Millere , A , Deklava , L , Millere , E , Zumente , Z , Circenis , K & Millere , I 2015 , ' Stress coping strategies of Drug and Alcohol Addicted patients in Latvia ' , Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences , vol. 205 , pp. 632-636 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.09.099 |
| Abstract: | It is believed that people are starting to use drugs to cope with stress on a daily basis because they do not see other option. Aim is to discover Drug and Alcohol Addicted patients’ stress coping strategies. We used Demographic questionnaire and “The Ways of Coping” scale. Results shows that there are statistically significant differences between alcohol and drug addicted patients were observed in subscales: Confrontive Coping, Seeking Social Support, Distancing, Self-Controlling and Positive Reappraisal. This study is important because it allows realizing and evaluating the range of stress-coping types of patients with addiction and to compare the result of alcohol and drug addicts. |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.09.099 |
| ISSN: | 1877-0428 |
| Appears in Collections: | Research outputs from Pure / Zinātniskās darbības rezultāti no ZDIS Pure |
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