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The Relationship between Attachment Styles and Interdependence in Spouses of Substance Users under Maintenance Treatment
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Hamideh Azimi Lolaty *   , Hojjatollah Valipour , Yadollah Jannati , Ali Asghar Nadi Ghara , Azar Ramezani , Maryam Rostamvand |
| Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences , azimihamideh@gmail.com |
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Introduction: Addiction is a detrimental phenomenon to the economy, health, and the foundation of families. family members who do not have intimate parent-child interactions or strong bonds tend to take drugs more frequently. The interdependence of spouses is one of the effects of living with addicts. This study was designed to determine the relationship between attachment style and interdependence of spouses of patients with maintenance drug use.
Methods: This is a descriptive-correlational study done on 98 spouses of patients with maintenance treatment referred to the addiction treatment clinic of Sari Zare Psychiatric Hospital, selected by simple random sampling in 1400. Research tools included the Collins and Reed Adult Attachment Scale and the Spin-Fisher Interdependence Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by SPSS-22 software and descriptive and inferential statistical methods (Chi-square, independent t-test, Mann-Whitney, Analysis of variance, Kruskal–Wallis, and linear regression).
Results: The mean and standard deviation of the total score of closeness, dependence, and anxiety attachment styles and interdependence were 11.88±2.21,12.11±2.60,11.71±4.50,60.65±12.0, respectively. Interdependence and insecure attachment had a significant negative connection, according to the partial correlation coefficient (P<0.05). there was a positive correlation between cross-dependence and bilateral-anxiety attachment (P<0.05). Results of multiple regressions showed to predict the interdependence of attachment styles, only the anxious-ambivalent style can significantly predict a 31% variance of the interdependence of spouses of addicts undergoing maintenance treatment and also showed a significant relationship between correlation with substance use time, birth rate and experience of stressful events in the last 6 months.
Conclusions: The results showed interdependence had a significant relationship with their attachment style and it is necessary to pay attention to their spouses along with addicted patients, and to spouses who have an anxious mutual attachment to prevent interdependence. It is recommended that for future research, about the cultural and historical roots of Iranian society, the present study should also be conducted in other cities to examine the effects of cultural differences among families.
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| Keywords: Attachment styles, Interdependence, Spouses, Drug use, Maintenance therapy. |
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Received: 2023/11/15 | Accepted: 2024/06/30 | Published: 2024/06/30 | ePublished: 2024/06/30
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