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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2019

Difficulties In Emotion Regulation During Rehabilitation For Alcohol Addiction: Correlations With Metacognitive Beliefs About Alcohol Use And Relapse Risk.

M Ottonello, E Fiabane, C Pistarini, P Spigno, E Torselli

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Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M OttonelloDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, ICS Maugeri Spa SB, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6538-9270
E FiabaneDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, ICS Maugeri Spa SB, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5846-5933
C PistariniDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, ICS Maugeri SPA SB, Pavia, Italy.
P SpignoDepartment of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, ICS Maugeri Spa SB, Genoa, Italy.
E TorselliMiller Institute for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9014-7473
Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeUnderstanding how difficulties in emotion regulation can be related to metacognitive beliefs during early abstinence, identifying which factors are associated with craving and relapse risk may be useful in residential rehabilitation treatment of alcohol addiction.

methodsSixty-five patients underwent a 28-day rehabilitation program for alcohol addiction. They underwent a brief semi-structured interview at admission and completed a battery of five self-report questionnaires between days 7 and 10 of alcohol abstinence (T0) and 3 days prior to discharge (T1).

resultsAfter rehabilitation program, all symptoms of psychological distress decreased. We found a significant improvement in all emotional, cognitive and metacognitive scales except for "Cognitive harm" (NAM), "Awareness" (DERS) and a small effect size (low statistical power) for "Emotional clarity" (DERS). Compared to those still abstinent at 1 month from discharge, we found more difficulties in "Emotional clarity" in those who had an early relapse. Difficulties in "Emotional clarity" were observed also in patients with a high level of craving at discharge.

conclusionSignificant differences were observed between the groups "abstinence vs non-abstinence" at 1 month from discharge concerning difficulties in emotion regulation. In particular, we found difficulty in the awareness and understanding of emotion, precisely to identify correctly the emotions. The "Emotional Clarity" seems to be the emotional difficulty that characterized also the group with a high level of craving at discharge and the individuals with early relapse, suggesting the importance of this function as a preliminary factor in emotion regulation.

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abstinencealcoholemotion regulationmetacognitionsrelapse

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PMCPMC6798816
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