Ali Farnam; Ahmad Borjali; Faramarz Sohrabi; Mohammad-Reza Falsafinejad
Volume 4, Issue 16 , December 2014, , Pages 79-99
Abstract
Introduction: The present study aims to determine theeffectiveness of the Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)model on relapse prevention and enhancement of coping ...
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Introduction: The present study aims to determine theeffectiveness of the Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)model on relapse prevention and enhancement of coping skills inpeople with opiate substance dependency. Method: In a semi-experimental study and using cluster randomsampling method, 24 subjects were selected from among people withdiagnosis of opiate dependency who were successfully detoxified.They were assigned into experimental and control groups, eachconsisting of 12 people. The experimental group received 8 weeklysessions of MBRP training, and no treatment was given to the controlgroup. The subjects were assessed by Alcohol Abuse CopingResponse Inventory (AACRI) and morphine tests before treatment,randomly during treatment, after treatment, and after a 3-monthfollow-up stage. The data was analyzed using2test, MultivariateAnalysis of Covariance (MANCOVA), and covariance analysis(ANCOVA).Results: The2 test results showed that there was a significantdifference between experimental and control groups in terms ofrelapse rate. Moreover, the results of MANCOVA and ANCOVAwere indicative of a significant difference between the two groups incoping skills enhancement at posttest and follow up stages. Findings: The results indicated that the MBRP model training waseffective in relapse prevention and coping skills enhancement inpeople with opiate substance dependency.