MEANING-MAKING IN THE PROCESS OF PATHOLOGICAL ATTRACTION REDUCTION AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF HEROIN ADDICTS REHABILITATION

Abstract

Four groups were studied: heroin-dependent
persons undergoing primary rehabilitation (detoxification and
group psycho-correction), in-depth rehabilitation (the «12-
step» program) and outpatient supporting rehabilitation, as
well as healthy persons. The following methods were used:
basic values ranking, reflexivity measurement and emotional
intelligence evaluation. The results reveal that in the
process of stage-rehabilitation hospital patients orientation
on hedonistic values decreases, reflexivity increases; life
evaluation corresponds to the stages of rehabilitation - during
the early phase it degrades as the awareness of the disease
increases, but on completion of the course of treatment it
approaches the norm.