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- Title
SELF ESTEEM AND LOCUS OF CONTROL IN MALE SUBSTANCE DEPENDENTS.
- Authors
HAIDER, NIGHAT; ASMAT, ALIA; ZAFAR, SALMAN; DOGAR, IMTIAZ AHMAD
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE To find out levels of self esteem and locus of control among male drug dependent patients. STUDY DESIGN Cross sectional. PLACE AND DURATION OF THE STUDY The study was conducted in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad in a duration of six months. SUBJECTS AND METHODS 100 male patients dependent on drugs from the inpatient facility of Model drug abuse and treatment center situated in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad participated in this study through purposive convenient sampling technique. Rosenberg self esteem scale and Rotter's Locus of control scale were administered to measure the levels of self esteem and locus of control. The results were obtained by using SPSS 17. RESULTS Descriptive statistics show that out of 100, 23 patients (23%) had low self esteem; the rest 77 (77%) fell into average category of self esteem. 24 patients (24 %) had internal locus of control while 76 (76 %) had external locus of control. CONCLUSION The study showed that majority of participants had external locus of control while about one fourth participants had internal locus of control. Majority of the participants dependent on drugs had normal self esteem, about a quarter of the total sample had low self esteem.
- Subjects
FAISALABAD (Pakistan); SELF-esteem; LOCUS of control; SUBSTANCE abuse treatment facilities; BEHAVIORAL sciences; DRUG abstinence
- Publication
Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society, 2020, Vol 17, Issue 2, p27
- ISSN
1726-8710
- Publication type
Article