Strategie radzenia sobie ze stresem a skuteczność terapii uzależnień alkoholików

Abstract

The study has an empirical character and concerns the relation between strategies of coping with stress and the effectiveness of alcohol addiction treatment. To examine strategies of stress management, the researchers used Ways of Coping Questionnaire by R. Lazarus and S. Folkman and two questionnaires they themselves authored, geared for assessing how participants of alcohol addiction treatment felt about their therapy and how long their abstinence was. The therapy was based on the psycho-bio-social model of addiction developed by J. Mellibruda and his collaborators from the Institute of Health Psychology of the Polish Psychological Society. 36 alcoholics were examined twice, before and after the therapy. On the basis of the conducted research it may be concluded that a therapy based on the concept of psychological mechanisms of addiction is effective. After completing the basic therapeutic program, alcohol addicts choose problem-oriented stress management strategies and feel more inclined to continue the therapy.