Regulação afetiva na toxicodependência

: impacto da inteligência emocional e alexitimia no grau de dependência de substâncias

Abstract

This research set out to determine the influence of some psychological traits (alexithymia and emotional intelligence) in the degree of involvement with drugs, making use of a comparative study between consumers and non-consumers, in order to contribute to a better knowledge and understanding of the factors which can be the basis of said consumption as well as its severity. With a sample of 60 subjects, 30 consumers and non-consumers, procedeu.se the completion of a descriptive-correlational study, using as instruments of data collection the Dast (Drug Abuse Screening Test), the Emotional Intelligence Scale - EIS and scale of Toronto alexithymia (TAS-20), and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Next, we analyzed the relationship between the respective variables. In the cases sought to study the differences in emotional intelligence and alexithymia in consumers and non-consumers, as well as its relationship with the severity of consumption. The results of our research indicate that higher levels alexithymia present in consumer panel compared with the group of non-users. Regarding the levels of emotional intelligence results were inconclusive, showing higher mean emotional intelligence in the group of non-consumers, but not being significant results, similarly to its relationship with the severity of substances not allowed in a conclusive result. We conclude our investigation with an interpretation of these results.

Date of Award	2013
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Eleonora C. V. Costa (Supervisor)