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Emotion regulation strategies in individuals with cocaine use disorder maintained on methadone
Suzanne E Decker1,2, Kristen Morie3, Karen Hunkele3
1New England Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center/VA Connecticut Health Care System, West Haven, Connecticut. suzanne.decker@yale.edu.
Background And Objectives:
Cognitive reappraisal (CR) and emotional suppression (ES), two emotion regulation strategies, are disrupted in other substance use disorders but have not been studied in cocaine dependence.
Methods:
Methadone-maintained individuals with cocaine dependence (N = 72) completed assessment of CR, ES, cocaine use, and psychiatric symptoms.
Results:
CR scores were associated with lower depression scores (r = -.29, p = .01), but not with cocaine abstinence during 8 weeks of treatment (r = .12, p = .29).
Conclusions And Scientific Significance:
CR appeared relevant to cocaine-dependent individuals' depression, but was not associated with abstinence or treatment outcome. (Am J Addict 2016;25:529-532).
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