Attention, anxiety and anger in drug-dependents

Authors

  • Morgana Scheffer UNISINOS
  • Graciela Gema Pasa UNISINOS
  • Rosa Maria Martins de Almeida UNISINOS

Keywords:

drogas, avaliação neuropsicológica, cognição, emoção, cocaína

Abstract

This study had the objective to analyze and compare diffuse attention, complex attention, concentrated attention, anxiety and anger in control subjects and those dependent on alcohol, crack and cocaine. The participants (n = 49) were adult males from 18 to 57 years old, assigned to 3 groups: 1) controls; 2) cocaine/crack dependents; and 3) alcohol and cocaine/crack dependents. They were assessed by Mental Functions General Battery (BGFM 1 and 2); State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI). The average time of abstinence was 33.05 (DP = 19.52) days. The results showed no statistically significant difference in cognition among the groups studied. However, there was a statistically significant difference in the anxiety and anger levels when comparing the control group to the group of alcohol, cocaine/crack dependents. It is possible to conclude that there was no cognitive deficit in attention, but emotional changes in anxiety and anger in these drug-dependent individuals.

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Author Biographies

Morgana Scheffer, UNISINOS

Curso de Psicologia: Habilitação e Formação de Psicólogos – UNISINOS. Bolsista de Iniciação Científica – UNIBIC-UNISINOS do Laboratório de Neurociências.

Graciela Gema Pasa, UNISINOS

Curso de Psicologia: Habilitação e Formação de Psicólogos – UNISINOS. Laboratório de Neurociências.

Rosa Maria Martins de Almeida, UNISINOS

Pós- Doutora em Neuropsicofarmacologia pela Tufts University (USA). Professora Titular do Curso de Psicologia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia (UNISINOS)

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Published

2009-08-24

How to Cite

Scheffer, M., Pasa, G. G., & Almeida, R. M. M. de. (2009). Attention, anxiety and anger in drug-dependents. Psico, 40(2). Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/revistapsico/article/view/3762

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Vol. 40 No. 2 (2009)

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