QUALITY OF LIFE OF CONVICTED DRUG ADDICTS; PRELIMINARY REPORT

• Authors: Dunaj R. , Kovac D.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Within the context of personality measurements, the scales WHOQOL - BREF (WHO, 1997) and ComQol - A5 (Cummins, 1997) were administered to a group of condemned drug addicts (heroin), N = 43, mean age 29 years. According to expectations, a difference of statistical significance appeared in the health indicators. Despite similar objective ratings, the addicts achieved significantly lower scores in subjective indicators of safety, social standing and emotional well-being than a group of controls.

Keywords

EN

ADDICTS; HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE

Discipline

• PSYCHOLOGY: PSYCHOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Experimental Psychology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Psychologica
• Year: 2003
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 357-359
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dunaj R.

author

Kovac D.

• R. Dunaj, Department of Psychology and Pathopsychology, Pedagogical Faculty, Comenius University Moskovska 9, 811 08 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

04SKAAAA0022497