The Discrimination Role of Brain-Behavioral Systems and HEXACO Personality Characteristics and Social Isolation in Prediction Distress Tolerance of People with Substance Dependence

Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy

Nahid Karami ¹ , Naser Amini ² , Mohammad Behrozi ³ , Gholamreza Jafarinia ⁴

1 - PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Busher Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Busher Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Bushehr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Bushehr, Iran

Received: 2021-06-08 Accepted : 2021-09-20 Published : 2021-08-23

Keywords: brain-behavioral systems, substance dependence, Social Isolation, Distress Tolerance, HEXACO personality characteristics,

Abstract :

Purpose: Low levels of distress tolerance can lead to drug dependence and many factors are related to it, including behavioral, personality, and social characteristics. Therefore, purpose of this study was to discrimination role of brain-behavioral systems and HEXACO personality characteristics and social isolation in prediction distress tolerance of people with substance dependenceMethodology: The research design was a two-group diagnostic function. The statistical population consists of 1420 men with substance dependence referring to addiction treatment centers in Tehran city in year 2020. In this study, according to convenience sampling method, were selected 400 people. For the purposes of this study, 136 patients (71 patients with high stress bearing 65 with low distress tolerance) were selected as the sample size. Research questionnaires included distress tolerance scale of Simons & Gaher (2005), brain-behavioral systems scale of Carver and White (1994), HEXACO Personality Inventory of Ashton and Lee (2009) and social isolation scale of Russell (1996). Data were analyzed by SPSS-24 software, using discriminant analysis method.Findings: The results of analysis showed that brain-behavioral systems and HEXACO personality characteristics and social isolation people with substance dependence can help to prediction distress and function discriminant analysis assigned 89/1 percent of the people with substance dependence high and low distress tolerance.Conclusion: Based on the results of the present study, brain-behavioral systems and HEXACO personality characteristics and social isolation is an important step in identifying the factors that are effective in distress tolerance  and the results of this research can be used in the development of programs for the prevention of drug dependence and interventions for quitting addiction, in relevant organizations such as counseling and psychological services centers, addiction quitting centers, etc.