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Samuel Chrétien1, Isabelle Giroux2, Isabelle Smith1
1GRIF-Jeu, CQEPTJ, École de psychologie, Faculté des sciences sociales, Université Laval, Pavillon Félix-Antoine-Savard, Bureau 1336, 2325, Allée des Bibliothèques, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada.
This review highlights emotion regulation strategies in addiction treatments. Many psychological therapies focus on emotional awareness and education, particularly third-wave cognitive-behavioral interventions, to combat addiction.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychiatry
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Emotions are integral to addictive disorders.
- Current addiction treatments have high relapse and dropout rates.
- Novel treatments accounting for emotions are needed.
Purpose of the Study:
- To systematically review literature on emotion regulation in psychological addiction treatments.
- To describe the application of emotion regulation for behavioral and substance-related disorders.
- To identify common intervention techniques and treatment modalities.
Main Methods:
- Systematic review of nearly 12,000 articles from six databases and grey literature.
- Inclusion of 38 studies meeting specific selection criteria.
- Analysis of psychological treatments focusing on emotion regulation.
Main Results:
- 63.2% of reviewed studies featured psychological treatments based on emotion regulation.
- 81.6% of these interventions were third-wave cognitive-behavioral therapies.
- Techniques focused on emotional awareness and psychological education for emotion identification were most common.
Conclusions:
- Emotion regulation is a key component in psychological treatments for addiction.
- Third-wave cognitive-behavioral interventions are frequently employed.
- Future research should investigate optimal emotion regulation content and target populations for addiction treatment.
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