Psychosocial Adjustment of Adolescent with Substance Abuser during Rehabilitation Phase of Treatment | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 126, Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2022, Page 1857-1867 PDF (316.93 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2022.248148 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Eman El-Sayed Bauomey Mohamed | ||||
| Lecturer of psychiatric and mental health nursing -Faculty of nursing Ain Shams University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Adolescence represents a critical period for the onset of drug use; onset of use during these years increases the likelihood of negative impacts on a range of developmental factors, including cognitive, physical, and psychosocial. Adolescents may use various substances to improve psychological wellbeing or to face personal discomfort. So they need psychosocial adjustment to avoid substance abuse. The aim of this study was to assess the psychosocial adjustment for adolescence with substance abusers during rehabilitation phase of treatment. Research design; a descriptive design was used. It was conducted on 100 substance abusers from Abbasia psychiatric and mental health hospital. Data were collected using three tool; interview questionnaire to assess socio demographic characteristics of the studied sample, psychological adjustment scale and social adjustment scale. The result of the study showed that; there was a highly positive correlation was found between psychological and social adjustment of substance abusers under study. Result concluded that; the majority of adolescence with substance abuse under the study were have maladjusted during their rehabilitation phase of treatment in both psychological and social adjustment Recommendations; further research on large number of adolescence with substance abuse about how to cope effectively with their psychosocial problems. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| substance abuse; adolescence; psychological adjustment; rehabilitation phase | ||||
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