Emotional intelligence, risk perception in abstinent cocaine dependent individuals.
Cocaine is now responsible for the second-highest number of cessation intervention requests. In this study we analyze the different skills of emotional intelligence in cocaine- dependent patients maintaining abstinence. The Mayer- Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) and the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART) were administered to 50 subjects (25 individuals with no history of drug use and 25 individuals in treatment at the Addictive Behaviors Unit in a state of withdrawal at the time of evaluation). The results showed differences between these groups in overall emotional intelligence quotient, strategic emotional intelligence, understanding emotions and emotional management. Cocaine-addicted participants showed difficulties in analyzing complex emotions and regulating their emotional response, aspects that can interfere with interactions in daily life.
Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Terapia Ocupacional, Logopedia y Enfermería, Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Talavera de la Reina, España.
Dulce
D
Romero-Ayuso
Unidad de Conductas Adictivas, Servicio de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, Hospital Nuestra Señora del Prado, Talavera de la Reina, España.
Yolanda
Y
Mayoral-Gontán
Servicio de Medicina Preventiva y Gestión de Calidad, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
José-Matías
JM
Triviño-Juárez
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003042:Cocaine; D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D018570:Risk Assessment
D003042:Cocaine