Has CBT an Effect on Emotional Intelligence in Patients With Substance Use Disorder?

NCT ID: NCT06310668

Last Updated: 2025-02-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 84 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-04-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-10-20

Brief Summary

Aim of the study: In this study, the change in emotional intelligence will be assessed before and after group CBT sessions in male patients with substance use disorder in the inpatient department of the addiction unit at Mansoura University Hospital.

Detailed Description

Between the ages of fifteen and sixty-four, 5% of the global population, or nearly 200 million people, reported consuming at least one illegal substance per year. According to the 2008 World Drug Report, cannabis has a prevalence of 3.8%, compared to 0.6% for amphetamines and opiates, 0.3% for cocaine and heroin, and 0.2% for ecstasy. A cross-sectional study by [1] in Egypt with 2552 participants found that sedatives (8.7%) were the most commonly abused drugs, followed by alcohol (6.7%), cannabinoids (6.6%), and tramadol (2.4%). The prevalence of drug use was 8.9% for cigarette smoking followed by sedatives (4.3%), hashish (3.6%), alcohol (2.7%), cannabinoids (1.4%,) and tramadol (1.0%).

Lander et al. [2] believed that substance use disorder (SUD) is one of the most severe psychosocial traumas posing environmental, psychological, behavioral, and emotional challenges to individuals. It can cause obstacles for persons, families, and cultural foundations, endangering countries' dynamics. SUD is a brain disorder that impacts the person's behavior, manifests as psychological and physiological symptoms; and persists for a long duration despite its harmful and detrimental consequences.

Previous research has shown that different factors impact starting and following addiction. These factors are; 1) Individuals, such as the presence or lack of personality traits that make an individual vulnerable to addiction, for example, non-assertiveness as an individual factor. 2) Social factors, such as parental addiction, lack of parental control, availability of substances, presence of addicted peers, and so on [3].

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is a relatively recent behavioral model rising to prominence with Daniel Goleman's 1995 Book called 'Emotional Intelligence'. The early emotional intelligence theory was originally developed during the 1970s and 80s by the work and writings of psychologists Howard Gardner (Harvard), Peter Salovey (Yale), and John 'Jack' Mayer (New Hampshire) [4]. Emotional intelligence consists of the ability to motivate individuals such as endurance against frustration, impulse control, mood modification, and avoiding destructive stress to prevent mental disorders [5].

Emotional intelligence is a set of non-cognitive skills and abilities that can help a person deal with environmental stressors, according to [6]. Azzam and Elghonemy's [7] research demonstrated that emotional regulation was associated with mood improvement and a higher likelihood of SUD recovery. They found emotional intelligence to be an important factor in the treatment of substance use. [8] suggested that improvements in EI through treatment interventions can be an effective way to improve not only EI but also psychiatric symptoms both for the short term and the long term after rehabilitation.

Conditions

Substance Use Disorders

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

CBT intervention arm

patients with substance use disorder in the inpatient department of the addiction unit in Mansoura University Hospital who will receive group CBT sessions

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

group cognitive behavioral therapy sessions

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

12 group CBT sessions based on catching and challenging cognitive errors and behavioral techniques to deal with substance use problems

NON-CBT control arm

age and gender-matched patients with substance use disorder in the outpatient clinics of the addiction unit in Mansoura University Hospital who will not receive group CBT sessions

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

group cognitive behavioral therapy sessions

12 group CBT sessions based on catching and challenging cognitive errors and behavioral techniques to deal with substance use problems

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Male patients with DSM5 diagnosis of substance use disorder

2. Age range 18 to 55 years

3. Agreeing to participate in the research and giving written informed consent

4. Average IQ as evidenced by the Wechsler Adult Intelligence scale

Exclusion Criteria

1. Psychiatric comorbidities

2. Any neurological or medical conditions interfering with the cognitive abilities

4-Illiterate patients

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 55 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Egyptian Medical Syndicate

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Hassan Mohammed Sonbol

lecturer of psychiatry (principal investigator)

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Addiction Unit, Psychiatry Department, Mansoura University Hospital

Al Mansurah, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt

Countries

Egypt

References

Kabbash I, Zidan O, Saied S. Substance abuse among university students in Egypt: prevalence and correlates. East Mediterr Health J. 2022 Jan 31;28(1):31-40. doi: 10.26719/emhj.22.001.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 35165876 (View on PubMed)

Lander L, Howsare J, Byrne M. The impact of substance use disorders on families and children: from theory to practice. Soc Work Public Health. 2013;28(3-4):194-205. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2013.759005.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

PMID: 23731414 (View on PubMed)

3-Sho'aKazemi M. The comparative analysis of the relationship between coping strategies and attitude toward drug addicts (Persian). Addiction Studies; 2008.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

4-Nazari K, Emami M. Emotional Intelligence: Understanding, applying, and measuring. Journal of Applied Sciences Research. 2012;8(3):1594-1607.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

5-Bar-on R. The Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i). A Test of Emotional Intelligence. Jossey. Bass; 2006.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

6-Shareh, H., & Foshtanqi, K. (2019). The role of emotional intelligence and marital satisfaction in women's quality of life: Structural equation modeling. Journal of Fundamentals of Mental Health, 21(2), 109-120.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

7-Azzam H, Elghonemy S. Emotional intelligence and substance abuse: A possible relation. Current Psychiatry. 2008; 15:113.25.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

8-Henning, C., Crane, A. G., Taylor, R. N., & Parker, J. D. (2021). Emotional intelligence: relevance and implications for addiction. Current Addiction Reports, 8, 28-34.

Reference Type: BACKGROUND

Other Identifiers

CBT IN substance use disorder

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id