Open AccessThe Effectiveness of Family-Based Treatment on Craving in Girl Students with Substance Abuse
Author(s) -
Zabihollah Abbaspour,
Zahra Ghanbari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of high risk behaviors and addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2251-8711
DOI - 10.5812/ijhrba.103848
Subject(s) - craving , dysfunctional family , girl , addiction , nonprobability sampling , substance abuse , psychology , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry , clinical psychology , descriptive statistics , medicine , developmental psychology , population , statistics , mathematics , environmental health
Background: Substance abuse and addiction are serious problems all around the world. Increased substance use tendency in adolescents has attracted the researchers' and therapists' attention. Objectives: The current study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of family-based treatment on craving in girl students with substance abuse. Patients and Methods: In this multiple baseline experimental single case study, four families and their girl adolescents who were engaged in substance abuse were selected using the purposive sampling technique. family-based treatment (FBT) was performed in three phases of baseline, intervention, and follow-up. Data were collected using the Craving Beliefs Questionnaire (CBQ). The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics methods. Results: This study demonstrated that FBT could significantly decrease the craving, 40.08% improvements. Conclusions: FBT can be considered as an effective strategy for changing the dysfunctional cycle of the family system and decreasing substance use tendency in adolescents.