The Effectiveness of Group Therapy Based on Quality of Life on Resilience of Women with Opioid Use Disorder

Nowadays opioid abuse is one of the universal problems that in addition to men, women are also involved in it, the lack of resilience characteristic can increase the probability of using in the full of stress situations of life. On the other hand, there is a significant and positive relation between quality of life and resilience. So, that purpose of this study is investigation of effectiveness of group therapy based on quality of life on resilience of women with opioid use disorder.

This study is a kind of quasi-experimental or pretest- posttest with control group, 22 women with substance use disorder were chosen in a purposive accessible sampling method and stood randomly in two groups’ namely experimental group and control group. At first, resilience questionnaire of Kenner and Davidson was performed. Then 10 sessions of group therapy based on quality of life for experiment group were held and the control group, receive the same number of session of the routine treatments of the center, finally, both groups were given the post test. Data analysis were done through statistical SPSS 16 (P < 0/05).

The average age of subjects of study was 29/32 with a standard deviation of 3/70; also, most participants were married (54/5%), their educational levels were middle school education up to graduate education. the independent t-test with the significant level of P < 0/05, showed resiliency of the experimental group who received group therapy based on quality of life was significantly higher than the control group. However, there was no significant difference between their resiliency scores in the pre-test.

Group therapy based on quality of life will cause increase of resilience of women with substance use disorder. Addict people when experiencing stressor are disposed to substance use. Increasing resilience in these individuals can increase the ability to withstand stress and reduce the likelihood of lapse.