Comparison of emotional intelligence and personality profile in three groups: patients under maintenance therapy for opioid use disorder who were successful and failed to quit opioid use and control group

Abstract

Addiction not only destroys a person's physical health, but even in the field of mental health, it affects interpersonal relationships and social relationships. There are various methods for treating people with substance Use disorders and one of the most important of which is maintenance therapy. The aim of this study was to compare emotional intelligence and personality profiles in three groups: successful and unsuccessful patients who quit drugs and undergoing maintenance treatment with opioids and the control group Materials and methods: The study is a descriptive-comparative study conducted among patients with opioid use disorder on agonist therapy. 32 normal individuals, 32 successful treatment subjects and 32 unsuccessful treatment subjects were selected by age matching based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Samples were analyzed using the Demographic Questionnaire, the Millon Personality Inventory Questionnaire, and the Bar-On Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS 23 and P-Value <0.05. Results: There was a significant difference between normal people, successful and unsuccessful people in maintenance treatment with opioids on the scales of problem solving, independence, stress tolerance, emotional self-awareness, interpersonal relationships, optimism, self-esteem, social responsibility, empathy, self-instrumental and schizoid personality patterns, avoidant, depressed, dependent, dramatic, antisocial, other harassment, obsessive, negative, self-harm, paranoid, manic, alcohol and drug dependence, post-traumatic stress disorder, thinking disorder, major depression and delusional disorder.