The effect of counseling based on Lazarus multimodal theory on possible selves, locus of control and reducing craving of inpatient addicts

• Main Author: اصغر جعفری
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Shahid Beheshti University 2020-01-01
• Series: فصلنامه روان‌شناسی کاربردی
• Subjects: خودهای ممکن، لازاروس، معتادان، منبع کنترل، ولع
• Online Access: http://apsy.sbu.ac.ir/article/view/25619
• ISSN: 2008-4331; 2645-3541

Aim: Present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of counseling based on Lazarus multimodal theory on possible selves, locus of control and reducing craving of inpatient addicts. Methods: Population was inpatient addict men (aged 20-45) in addiction quitting clinic in region 18 of Tehran. 30 participants were selected purposeful sampling and assigned in experimental and control groups (n1=n2=15). Methodology was semi Experiment and design of pretest- posttest with control group and follow- up after 2 weeks. possible selves, locus of control and craving of all participants were measured. counseling based on Lazarus theory was done on experiment group in 8 sessions. possible selves, locus of control and craving of all participants was measured in posttest and follow-up and data were analyzed using repeated measurement. Results: Results indicated that possible selves, locus of control of participants in counseling sessions significantly changed comparing to control group, and craving of experiment group was lower than control group (P<0.01). Also the effect of interventions was observed in follow up. Conclusion: The results provide some evidence to suggest that counseling based on Lazarus multimodal theory is an efficient therapeutic package for changing possible selves, locus of control and reducing craving.