Emotional Intelligence, Spiritual Intelligence, Self-esteem and Self Control of Substance Abuse
Somayeh Alaei, Rozita Zabihi, Armindokht Ahmadi, Akram Doosti, Seyed Mehdi Saberi
International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · pp. 1–8 · Published 15 Jul 2017
10.9734/INDJ/2017/33461Abstract
Background: This study aims to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence and self-esteem, and self-control on men with addiction in rehabilitation centers of Tehran. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study sampling 200 men. From 12 treatment and rehabilitation centers in Tehran, 4 were randomly selected and fifty people from each center aged 20 to 50 with at least two years of addiction history were picked. Instruments used were: Eysenck Self-esteem Scale (ESI), Bradbury-Greaves Emotional Intelligence test, Abdullah Zadeh Spiritual Intelligence test and the Personal Control Scale (PCS). Results: A positive relationship was found between emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence, self-esteem and substance abuse self-control (r=0.25, 0.21 and 0.24 at a level of confidence =0.001, respectively). Conclusion: Promotion of emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence and self-esteem may prove useful in control of substance abuse in men.
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