Comparison of coping strategies and stress in people with and without drug abuse

Various studies indicate that, people with dependence on drug abuse are more stressed in comparison with people with no drug abuse due to their negative perception of the surrounding world. They often use emotion-focused coping in dealing with stress. Present study was administered to compare coping strategies and mental stress in people with and without attachment to drug abuse. Present study is a casual- comparative type and the sample includes 80 individuals depended on drug abuse with an age domain of 20 to 35 and 80 individuals were without attachment to drug abuse and during the study the coping strategies were studied and compared in both groups. Control group was matched with experimental group in terms of individual and social characteristics. The measuring tools included Ander and Parker's stress coping styles questionnaire (1990). Present study indicated that, people with drug abuse attachment mostly use excitement-based coping strategies and less with problem-based coping strategies. The normal group also used avoiding coping strategies. Considering the results obtained in this study, proper educational and renovation programs can be employed to educate proper skills for confronting with the problems and effective step can be taken to prevent and decrease the relapse of the addiction and drug abuse.

Coping strategies, drug abuse, mental health