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Date
2013
Degree
BA (Hons) in Psychology
Publisher
Dublin Business School
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Abstract
Research has shown that there is a combination of many factors that influence recovery in
addiction. The purpose of this research is to investigate positive correlations of Coping skills,
Self-Efficacy and Social Support with Quality of life and also to investigate the differences of
these variables throughout recovery. This study is longitudinal in nature and involves
participation of 27 individuals attending two Drug Rehabilitation treatment programmes who
are stabilising and drug-free. Differences between groups and gender are also
measured. There was a statistically significant difference found with Social and Peer Support
for both Groups; increasing for Group B (p = .043) and decreasing for Group A (p = .285).
Females and Males differed significantly in Psychological Quality of life scoring (p = .047)