Substance Abuse Interviews

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I conducted three interviews of participant who overcame their drug and alcohol use problem. The point of the interview was to get objective information and subject appraisal and see the relationship between the conducted interviews and the research literature. In the interviews, the main questions that were focus was how the problem of drug use and drinking develop, the signs and symptoms of use, how did they recognized the problem, the unsuccessful attempts they tried to change, and how they successful changed. I also took note on each individual’s perspective on how their lives are different now.
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For protection of each individual’s identity, I will identity each participant with pseudo names. First participant name is Kate she
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A study that is related to what I noticed in my interviews is the study called Effectiveness of Emotion Regulation Training on the Reduction of Craving in Drug Abusers. (Choopan, Kalantarkousheh, Aazami, Doostian, Farhoudian, & Massah 2016). The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Gross model-based emotion regulation training on the reduction of craving beliefs in substance- dependent individuals. The study was a quasai-experimental design with a pre-and post-test. It contained a control groups and an experimental groups. The sample population was addicts who visited addiction centers. The sample size was 30 that was randomized and classified as drug-dependent individuals. The control group had no changes when they visited the addiction center, but the experimental group had a emotion regulation workshop implemented in their visit to the addiction center. To measure participants increase or decrease in substance abuse temptation, the study had the craving beliefs questionnaire. It was a self-evaluation questionnaire that assesses substance abuse-temptation-related beliefs. The study concluded that the research findings have shown that the emotion regulation workshops can reduce craving beliefs in drug-dependent …show more content…
The participants in my interviews al reported having a negative emotion present when started and continue taking drugs. Yet, the difference between the study and my observations of the interviews were the sample size, and setting. I only interviewed three people compare to the study sample size of 30. I felt like my setting was more personal since it was face-to-face interviewing while being alone with them in a quiet

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