The effect of empowerment on the reinforcement of positive emotions in methamphetamine addicts

As a vulnerable group of the society, in addition to physical consequences, addicts have to face psychological and emotional problems as well. With long-term consequences of drug abuse including psychological dysfunction, crime involvement. This study aimed to assess the effect of empowerment on reinforcement of positive emotions in a group of Methamphetamine addicts. This clinical trial was conducted at the Psychiatric Health Institute of Tehran University of Medical Sciences and affiliated centers between February and August 2012 on 285 glass addicts after detoxification and during group therapy. The subjects were randomly selected from the list of those in the quitting process and divided into case and control groups. The case group consisted of two sub-groups of 1) educating the quitting addict, 2). The control group consisted of quitting addicts who did not receive any intervention. In this study. The data collection tools included a demographics check-list and Watson's perceived emotions questionnaire. The SPSS-15 software was used for descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and analytical statistics (chi-square and covariance). The results of the study showed that mean scores of perceived emotion changed significantly (P