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Which psychological and socio-demographic dimensions predict amphetamine abuse?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

V. Farnia ,
F. Tatari ,
M. Alikhani ,
J. Shakeri ,
V.T. Ngo ,
D. Sadeghi Bahmani ,
E. Holsboer-Trachsler  and
S. Brand
V. Farnia
Affiliation:
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah, Iran
F. Tatari
Affiliation:
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah, Iran
M. Alikhani
Affiliation:
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah, Iran
J. Shakeri
Affiliation:
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Psychiatry Department, Kermanshah, Iran
V.T. Ngo
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Basel, Switzerland
D. Sadeghi Bahmani
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Basel, Switzerland
E. Holsboer-Trachsler
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Basel, Switzerland
S. Brand
Affiliation:
Psychiatric University Hospital, Center for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disorders, Basel, Switzerland

Abstract

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Introduction

Amphetamine abuse has become a serious health concern worldwide, and this holds also true for Iran.

Aims

Investigating psychological and socio-demographic dimensions to predict amphetamine-abuse.

Methods

Hundred amphetamine abusers and 100 healthy controls took part in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed questionnaires covering socio-demographic and psychological dimensions.

Results

Compared to healthy controls, amphetamine abusers reported more insecure and ambivalent attachment styles, higher novelty-seeking and risky behaviour, less current social support and stable relationships, and lower emotional competencies. No differences were found for socio-demographic dimensions.

Conclusions

Results from this cross-sectional study underscore that amphetamine abuse was related to poor social relationships, poor emotional competencies and higher risky behaviour. The cross-sectional nature of the study, however, does preclude any conclusions about the causal direction of amphetamine abuse and poor interactional behavior.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
e-Poster viewing: Substance related and addictive disorders
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 41 , Issue S1: Abstract of the 25th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2017 , pp. s859
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2017
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