Methamphetamine users´environmental coping strategies

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Methamphetamine users´environmental coping strategies

Original language description

Introduction: The objective of the article is to describe strategies of acting of drug users, namely methamphetamine users. Methamphetamine is the most commonly used drug among people who abuse drugs in the Czech Republic. According to March et al. (2008), users of addictive substances are at a higher risk to be socially excluded because they are often homeless, unemployed, less educated, more isolated, and alone. If the drug users fear a very stigmatizing and excluding treatment from society, the higher their tendency to socially isolate, and the lower the society’s influence on their behavior. Methods: For the study, we used a qualitative research design. Data was collected via biographic-narrative and semi-structured interviews. The collected data was transcribed and then analyzed using the grounded theory. The research sample consisted of methamphetamine users living in České Budějovice. Overall, there were 15 respondents – seven men and eight women. The youngest was 17, the oldest 60. The average age was 30. 5. Results: We identified several approaches of the drug users towards their environment. These strategies are connected to negative feelings that the users have. These strategies are: ignoring the environment, self-exclusion, avoidance, secret drug use, and rationalizing. We also identified connections between the feelings of drug users and some of the strategies. It is therefore possible to state that negative feelings cause the tendencies of individuals to use drugs in secret and rationalizing drug use. Negative feelings that are connected to the environment are also connected to social exclusion since they can lead to drug users using the strategies of self-exclusion and avoiding contact with others. Slovak Journal od Health Sciences 2021, roč. 12, č. 233 Conclusion: We can see some similarities if we look at the strategies within the context of ego defense mechanisms. The strategies are therefore obstacles in the path to abstinence. The topic of defense mechanism must be considered on all levels when working with drug users because it could potentially improve the effectiveness of their treatment and prevent potential relapse.

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50902 - Social sciences, interdisciplinary

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Slovak Journal of Health Sciences

ISSN

1338-161X

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

32-39

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