Expressed Emotions among Families having Patient with Drug Addiction
Eman Mohammed Mohammed;
Abstract
SUMMARY
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amilies of patients with drug addiction live with constant shame and guilt, and often live with the constant wish that they could make things better for their loved one. When a family member has a dependency, the whole family usually develops ways of coping with the problems associated with the dependency. Often, there is less communication: the family avoids talking about the issue, avoids expressing emotions, and may keep the addiction secret from the community. Some family members may take on some of the responsibilities abandoned by the addicted person.
Expressed emotions refer to an index of particular emotions, attitudes and behaviors expressed by relatives about a family member. Expressed emotions are not a measure of emotional expressiveness; rather it is a measure of the extent to which an individual family member talks about another family member. The three attitudes pertaining to expressed emotions are known as hostile, critical comment, and EOI. Critical comments indicate unambiguous resentment, dislike or disapproval. Hostility refers to rejecting statement regarding the individual as a person rather than his behavior. Over involvement is the exaggerated self-sacrificing intrusive control and overprotective concern regarding the patient?
As noted, addiction is a disease in which the biological, psychological, and social factors are playing major roles, but social factors and determinants have more basic roles in the incidence, prevalence and persistence of addiction. One of the social determinants is family factors especially the family’s expressed emotions. Families can be sources of strength and support, or they can passively enable the addiction to advance.
Aim of the work:
The present study aimed to assess expressed emotions among families having patients with drug addiction.
Subjects and methods:
Research design:
Descriptive design was followed in carrying out this study.
Setting:
The current study was conducted at the in-patient addiction treatment unit in El-Abbassia Mental Health Hospital.
Size:
The study sample was composed of 100 of the addict patients' relatives of male and female patients from both sexes. The actual field work took three months and started from 16\8\2015 to 20\10\2015.
Data were collected through an interviewing questionnaire with the relatives during the visiting period that was from 10:30 am to 1 pm at Sunday and Monday for male patients, and Saturday for the female patients.
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amilies of patients with drug addiction live with constant shame and guilt, and often live with the constant wish that they could make things better for their loved one. When a family member has a dependency, the whole family usually develops ways of coping with the problems associated with the dependency. Often, there is less communication: the family avoids talking about the issue, avoids expressing emotions, and may keep the addiction secret from the community. Some family members may take on some of the responsibilities abandoned by the addicted person.
Expressed emotions refer to an index of particular emotions, attitudes and behaviors expressed by relatives about a family member. Expressed emotions are not a measure of emotional expressiveness; rather it is a measure of the extent to which an individual family member talks about another family member. The three attitudes pertaining to expressed emotions are known as hostile, critical comment, and EOI. Critical comments indicate unambiguous resentment, dislike or disapproval. Hostility refers to rejecting statement regarding the individual as a person rather than his behavior. Over involvement is the exaggerated self-sacrificing intrusive control and overprotective concern regarding the patient?
As noted, addiction is a disease in which the biological, psychological, and social factors are playing major roles, but social factors and determinants have more basic roles in the incidence, prevalence and persistence of addiction. One of the social determinants is family factors especially the family’s expressed emotions. Families can be sources of strength and support, or they can passively enable the addiction to advance.
Aim of the work:
The present study aimed to assess expressed emotions among families having patients with drug addiction.
Subjects and methods:
Research design:
Descriptive design was followed in carrying out this study.
Setting:
The current study was conducted at the in-patient addiction treatment unit in El-Abbassia Mental Health Hospital.
Size:
The study sample was composed of 100 of the addict patients' relatives of male and female patients from both sexes. The actual field work took three months and started from 16\8\2015 to 20\10\2015.
Data were collected through an interviewing questionnaire with the relatives during the visiting period that was from 10:30 am to 1 pm at Sunday and Monday for male patients, and Saturday for the female patients.
Other data
| Title | Expressed Emotions among Families having Patient with Drug Addiction | Other Titles | التعبيرات الإنفعالية بين أُسر مريض الإدمان | Authors | Eman Mohammed Mohammed | Issue Date | 2016 |
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