Comparing Irrational Beliefs in Patients with Crystal Abuse Disorder and Ordinary People

Subject Areas : Educational

maryam ghorbani ¹ , hamid kazemi zahrani ² , Tahere ghorbani ³

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Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2017-10-17

Keywords: Irrational beliefs, Key word: crystal user,

Abstract :

  The purpose of this study was to comparing irrational beliefs in patients with crystal abuse disorder and ordinary people. So firstly, 36 subjects were selected from Isfahan psycho neurology clients by access sampling method. Control group consisted of 36 students and e mployee of Isfahan Payam Noor University that were selected by simple random method and matching criteria of age, gender and educational level. After selecting subjects, Jones irrational thought test was performed on them. The results were analyzed by ttest for independent groups, it was specified that the group misusing crystal has more irrational beliefs than control group. Also scores of sick group relative to control group is higher in subtests with anxiety about future (AO), avoiding from problems (PA), dependence (D), and disability relative to change (HC) (P < 0.05) .