The Effectiveness of cognitive emotion-regulation Strategies in the Improvement of Executive Functions in Addicts Recovered in Drug Information Centers (DICs)

The current study was an attempt to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive emotion-regulation strategies in the improvement of executive functions in addicts recovered in drug information centers (DICs).
An experimental research design along with pretest-posttest/follow-up and control group was used for the conduct of this study. The sample size of the study consisted of 24 male addicts recovered in Drug Information Centers in Karaj city who were selected by convenience sampling method and were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. The experimental group received Gross Emotion Regulation Strategies for ten sessions, while the control group did not receive any intervention until the end of the project. Wisconsin Card Sorting Test was used for data collection and multivariate analysis of covariance analysis was used for data analysis.
The results of this study showed that the training of cognitive emotion-regulation strategies led to the promotion of executive functions in the experimental group.
Training of cognitive emotion-regulation strategies has useful implications for the treatment and prevention of addiction relapse.