Research of psychological features of the personality of students exhibiting addictive behavior

Natalia N Bessonova,Vera S Butenko,Anna M Kukulyar,Natalia A Gudz,I.V Abakumova,E.V Vorobyova

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20197009001

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of psychological characteristics of the personality of students experiencing withdrawal syndrome from amphetamine-type psychostimulants. The study was conducted on 45 young men, students of 1-3 courses of universities of Rostov-on-don, rehabilitated In the center of psychological correction “Elephant”. During the study, we used the following methods: 1) the scale of “Amphetamine Cession Symptom Assessment” (ACSA), 2) the scale of Montgomery and Asberg (MADRS); 3) the scale of EuroQol; 4) the scale of self-report (VAS). The results obtained allow us to conclude that among young men with amphetamine dependence accompanied by withdrawal syndrome in the structure of which affective rather than somatovegetative manifestations predominate almost in the complete absence of algic phenomena. Affective disorders diagnosed in the hospital center of the respondents, mainly manifested in the form of depression. The maximum expression of these States, as well as uncontrolled attraction to surfactants was achieved in the interval from the third to the seventh day in withdrawal syndrome. Further the condition of rehabilitators was normalized from the first week and till the twenty-first day of stay. We noted a similar dynamics in assessing the state of their own well-being rehabilitated

Highlights

In modern transitive society there are radical changes in the structure of society, interpersonal relationships, value-semantic structure of the person, directly affecting the Commission of risky actions by the individual
During the study, according to the scale "Amphetamine Cession Symptom Assessment" (ACSA) and the Montgomery and Asberg scale (MADRS), we conducted measurements on the first, third, seventh, tenth and twenty-first day, in order to identify the dynamics of the duration and severity of psychostimulant withdrawal syndrome and the specifics of the course of depressive disorder
It can be concluded that among the young men participating in the study was diagnosed amphetamine dependence accompanied by withdrawal syndrome in the structure of which affective rather than somatovegetative manifestations predominate in the almost complete absence of algic phenomena

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Introduction

In modern transitive society there are radical changes in the structure of society, interpersonal relationships, value-semantic structure of the person, directly affecting the Commission of risky actions by the individual.

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