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A Protocol for Measuring Cue Reactivity in a Rat Model of Cocaine Use Disorder
Published on: June 18, 2018
Emotional intelligence, risk perception in abstinent cocaine dependent individuals
Dulce Romero-Ayuso1, Yolanda Mayoral-Gontán2, José-Matías Triviño-Juárez3
1Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Terapia Ocupacional, Logopedia y Enfermería, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Talavera de la Reina, España.
Abstract:
Cocaine is now responsible for the second-highest number of cessation intervention requests. In this study we analyze the different skills of emotional intelligence in cocaine- dependent patients maintaining abstinence. The Mayer- Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) and the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) were administered to 50 subjects (25 individuals with no history of drug use and 25 individuals in treatment at the Addictive Behaviors Unit in a state of withdrawal at the time of evaluation). The results showed differences between these groups in overall emotional intelligence quotient, strategic emotional intelligence, understanding emotions and emotional management. Cocaine-addicted participants showed difficulties in analyzing complex emotions and regulating their emotional response, aspects that can interfere with interactions in daily life.
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