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Emotional and Social Loneliness in Individuals With and Without Substance Dependence Disorder

BACKGROUND: Loneliness is one of the psychological variables related to high risk behaviors that should be investigated more. OBJECTIVES: The current study aimed to assess emotional, social, romantic, and familial dimensions of loneliness in drug abuser and nondrug abuser individuals. PATIENTS AND M...

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Autores principales: Hosseinbor, Mohsen, Yassini Ardekani, Seyed Mojtaba, Bakhshani, Saeed, Bakhshani, Somayeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25632385
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.22688
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author Hosseinbor, Mohsen
Yassini Ardekani, Seyed Mojtaba
Bakhshani, Saeed
Bakhshani, Somayeh
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description BACKGROUND: Loneliness is one of the psychological variables related to high risk behaviors that should be investigated more. OBJECTIVES: The current study aimed to assess emotional, social, romantic, and familial dimensions of loneliness in drug abuser and nondrug abuser individuals. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Two hundred and twenty eight individuals were enrolled in this cross sectional study. Hundred and eighteen drug abusers were recruited through random sampling among the clients referred to Baharan Psychiatric Hospital, and 110 non-substance dependent individuals were selected from their companions, students, and staffs. In addition to clinical interview, the Iranian short version of the social and emotional loneliness scale for adults (SELSA-S) was used to evaluate the participants. RESULTS: There were statistically significant difference between the scores of all four emotional, social, familial, and romantic dimensions of loneliness in substance dependent individuals. Although there was no difference between the scores of men and women, the mean scores of romantic and emotional dimensions were higher in non-substance dependent women. CONCLUSIONS: The feeling of loneliness is stronger in drug abusers rather than non-drug abusers that could develop the sense of being different from community and increase the probability of taking high risk behaviors and abusing drugs. Thus, it is suggested to consider the feeling of loneliness in all programs designed to prevent or treat addiction.
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spelling pubmed-42951222015-01-28 Emotional and Social Loneliness in Individuals With and Without Substance Dependence Disorder Hosseinbor, Mohsen Yassini Ardekani, Seyed Mojtaba Bakhshani, Saeed Bakhshani, Somayeh Int J High Risk Behav Addict Research Article BACKGROUND: Loneliness is one of the psychological variables related to high risk behaviors that should be investigated more. OBJECTIVES: The current study aimed to assess emotional, social, romantic, and familial dimensions of loneliness in drug abuser and nondrug abuser individuals. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Two hundred and twenty eight individuals were enrolled in this cross sectional study. Hundred and eighteen drug abusers were recruited through random sampling among the clients referred to Baharan Psychiatric Hospital, and 110 non-substance dependent individuals were selected from their companions, students, and staffs. In addition to clinical interview, the Iranian short version of the social and emotional loneliness scale for adults (SELSA-S) was used to evaluate the participants. RESULTS: There were statistically significant difference between the scores of all four emotional, social, familial, and romantic dimensions of loneliness in substance dependent individuals. Although there was no difference between the scores of men and women, the mean scores of romantic and emotional dimensions were higher in non-substance dependent women. CONCLUSIONS: The feeling of loneliness is stronger in drug abusers rather than non-drug abusers that could develop the sense of being different from community and increase the probability of taking high risk behaviors and abusing drugs. Thus, it is suggested to consider the feeling of loneliness in all programs designed to prevent or treat addiction. Kowsar 2014-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC4295122/ /pubmed/25632385 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.22688 Text en Copyright © 2014, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences; Published by Kowsar. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bakhshani, Saeed
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title_short Emotional and Social Loneliness in Individuals With and Without Substance Dependence Disorder
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295122/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25632385
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.22688
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