Relation between Substance Use Craving and Self-Efficacy in Addict Patients

Abstract

raving, and self-efficacy are constituting a vital factors leading to relapse among drug dependency patient. Craving is a multidimensional concept and has been defined in behavioral, reinforcement, and cognitive processing terms. Self-efficacy is the perceived ability of the individual to be able to resist the substance. It is affected by various cognitive processes and is influenced by the experience of substance use in coping to a high-risk situation (Kakko, Alho, Baldacchino, Molina, Nava, & Shaya, 2019).