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Assessment of assertiveness in drug abusers.

C U Lindquist, J S Lindsay, G D White

    Journal of Clinical Psychology
    |July 1, 1979
    PubMed
    Summary

    Heroin addicts and court-referred drug users exhibit lower assertion and higher social anxiety compared to college students. Heroin and psychiatric patients show a strong link between assertion and aggression.

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    Area of Science:

    • Psychology
    • Clinical Psychology
    • Addiction Studies

    Background:

    • Assertion, social assertion, aggression, and social anxiety are key behavioral constructs.
    • Understanding these behaviors is crucial in clinical and addiction populations.
    • Previous research has explored these traits individually, but less so in comparative addiction and psychiatric groups.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To compare assertion, social assertion, aggression, and social anxiety levels across different populations.
    • To investigate the relationship between assertion and aggression in heroin addicts and psychotic outpatients.
    • To identify behavioral differences and similarities between clinical/addicted groups and a non-clinical college student sample.

    Main Methods:

    • Administered standardized measures of assertion, social assertion, aggression, and social anxiety.
    • Collected data from a heroin-addicted population, psychotic outpatients, court-referred drug users, and a college student group (N = 114).
    • Utilized correlational analysis to examine the relationship between assertion and aggression scores within specific groups.

    Main Results:

    • Heroin addicts and court-referred drug users demonstrated significantly lower assertion and social assertion compared to non-addict populations.
    • These same groups (heroin addicts and court-referred drug users) exhibited higher levels of social anxiety.
    • A strong positive correlation between assertion and aggression scores was observed in the heroin and psychiatric outpatient groups, but not in college students or court-referred drug users.

    Conclusions:

    • Individuals with heroin addiction and those referred by courts for drug use display distinct deficits in assertive behaviors and heightened social anxiety.
    • The co-occurrence and strong correlation between assertion and aggression in heroin addicts and psychiatric patients suggest a unique behavioral pattern in these clinical populations.
    • Findings highlight the need for targeted interventions addressing assertion deficits and managing aggression in substance use disorder and psychiatric treatment programs.

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