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Psychological Determinants of Relapse Prevention

    Namood -e- Sahar

    National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Irum Naqvi

    National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan


Received
17 Jul, 2019
Accepted
20 Jan, 2020
Published
30 Jun, 2020

The present research aimed to study self-reflection, self-importance of moral identity, self-forgiveness, and personal growth initiative as the psychological determinants of relapse prevention among the drug addicts. Study instruments include Self-Reflection and Insight Scale (Grant, Franklin, & Langford, 2002), Self-Importance of Moral Identity Measure (Aquino & Reed, 2002), Two-factor Self-forgiveness Scale (Griffin et al., 2015), Personal Growth Initiative Scale II-Urdu (PGIS-II) (Zaman, 2018), and Advance Warning of Relapse (AWARE) Scale (Miller & Harris, 2000). The whole study is divided into two phases. Phase I underlies translation and validation of the research instrument into Urdu language; such that, translated versions possess significant reliability and possess good construct validity. Phase II studies the relationship between self-reflection, self-importance of moral identity, self-forgiveness, personal growth initiative, and relapse prevention among 240 drug addicts (M = 29.3, SD = 8.2). Sample was approached at different rehabilitation centers of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. Results indicated that all translated instruments are valid for the sample. All the study variables are found to explain about 14% variance (∆R2 = .14) in warning of relapse such that personal growth initiative is the most significant predictor. The values of total, direct, and indirect effects demonstrate existence of mediation; such that, self-importance of moral identity, self-forgiveness, and personal growth initiative act as serial mediators in order as mentioned for the relationship of self-reflection and warning of relapse.

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Sahar, N.-., Naqvi, I. (2020). Psychological Determinants of Relapse Prevention. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research, 35(2), 373-491. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.2.20

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Sahar, N.-.; Naqvi, I. Psychological Determinants of Relapse Prevention. Pak. J. Psychol. Res 2020, 35, 373-491. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.2.20

AMA Style
Sahar N-, Naqvi I. Psychological Determinants of Relapse Prevention. Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research. 2020; 35(2): 373-491. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.2.20

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Sahar, Namood, -e-, and Irum Naqvi. 2020. "Psychological Determinants of Relapse Prevention" Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research 35, no. 2: 373-491. https://doi.org/10.33824/PJPR.2020.35.2.20