Clinical Psychology and Personality

Clinical Psychology and Personality

Evaluation of the structural equation model of drug craving based on personality traits and time perspective in patients undergoing maintenance treatment with methadone

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Master of Clinical Psychology, Shahab Danesh University, Qom Iran
2 Social Determinants of Health (SDH) Research Center, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Craving has attracted the attention of many researchers who study factors related to substance abuse. The present study aimed to investigate the structural equation model of craving in patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment based on personality traits and time perspective.
Method: The present research design was fundamental in terms of its purpose and descriptive-cross-sectional in terms of its method of collecting data, using the correlational structural equation modeling method. The research population included patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment in Tehran and the selected sample included 270 people who were selected through convenience sampling. To conduct the present study questionnaires such as craving , five-factor personality, and time perspective were used, and SPSS-21 and AMOS-21 software were used to analyze the data.
Results: The proposed model has a good fit. Also, the direct effect of personality traits on craving and time perspective is significant. Personality traits can predict drug craving in patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment through time perspective. The results of the model fitting showed that the personality traits of neuroticism and conscientiousness indirectly affect drug craving through time perspective.
Discussion and conclusion: Time perspective plays a protective role against relapse and paying attention to it can be of great importance in the treatment of drug cravings. Therefore, it is suggested that this construct be used to promote the psychological health of patients undergoing methadone maintenance treatment.
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