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Oleksandr O Filts1, Kira V Sedych2, Vitalii A Lavrinenko2
1Lviv Danylo Halytsky National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine.
Objective:
The aim of this article is to study empirically drug addicts value-meaning sphere disorders.
Patients And Methods:
Materials and methods: To study the drug addicts value-meaning sphere disorders indicators, Schwarz's «Value Questionnaire» and a structured interview of the respondents, aimed at studying the specifics of their meaning constructs, was used.
Results:
Results: Meaning structure disorders are analyzed on the basis of the constructs and images of fixed imagination, which are used by drug addicts to describe the role of the addictive agent in their life, description. The system of myths of drug addicts, which reflects their attempts to constructively justify changes in their life and behavior in the use of psychoactive substances and shows the existence of compensatory mechanisms in the psyche of drug addicts, is analyzed.
Conclusion:
Conclusions: Value-meaning sphere functioning disorders play a significant role in the process of drug addiction formation, which is realized through the alteration of the value system, the presence of value conflict, the influence of images of fixed imagination and myths on the attitude to drug addiction.
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