Emotional Intelligence in Patients With Addictive Disorder
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 200
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in perceived emotional intelligence, measured with the Spanish version of the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (Fernandez-Berrocal, Extremera & Ramos, 2004).
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The study aims to evaluate the level of emotional intelligence in patients diagnosed with substance use disorder and to evaluate the benefits in emotional skills after a brief intervention based on emotional intelligence.
Detailed Description
Patients will be recruited by consecutive non-probabilistic sampling in the Addictions Day Hospital of the Addictions Unit of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona. The level of emotional intelligence will be assessed through the following measurement instruments: MSCEIT for the objective emotional intelligence coefficient and the TMMS-24 for the perceived emotional intelligence. Patients will attend 9 sessions of brief group intervention based on emotional intelligence and pre-post intervention differences in participants' TMMS-24 scores will be analyzed
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Substance Use Disorder (DSM-5)
- •18 to 80 years old
Exclusion Criteria
- •Presence of severe psychopathological alteration (including severe intoxication)
- •Inability to understand the Spanish language or difficulties writing or reading
Arms & Interventions
Emotional Intelligence Intervention
Patient's emotional abilities will be stimulated by means of a brief intervention in a group format (nine sessions). In these sessions we will use both projective and guided-fantasy techniques for the emotional diagnosis, as well as psychoeducational workshops of both emotional education and emotional intelligence development.
Intervention: Emotional intelligence intervention (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in perceived emotional intelligence, measured with the Spanish version of the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (Fernandez-Berrocal, Extremera & Ramos, 2004).
Time Frame: Changes from baseline scores at 2-months scores
The Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24) is a 24-item self-report instrument with three subscales measuring three key aspects of perceived emotional intelligence: Attention, Clarity and Repair. Each of these three subscales consists of eight items with a 5-point Likert response format (ranging from 1 to 5). Subscale total scores are obtained by summing responses to all items and thus range from 8 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater level of the characteristic assessed.
Score on an ability measure of emotional intelligence, the Spanish version of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (Extremera & Fernández-Berrocal, 2016).
Time Frame: Pre-intervention only
The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) consists of 141 items that yield an overall emotional intelligence (EI) score and two EI area scores: the Experiential EI and Strategic EI scores. The aforementioned scores have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, with higher scores indicating greater emotional intelligence.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in self-esteem, measured with the Spanish version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Martin-Albo, Núñez, Navarro & Grijalvo, 2007).(Changes from baseline scores at 2-months scores)
- Change in subjective happiness, measured with the Spanish version of the Subjective Happiness Scale (Extremera & Fernández-Berrocal, 2013).(Changes from baseline scores at 2-months scores)
- Change in life satisfaction, measured with the Spanish version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Vásquez, Duque & Hervás, 2013).(Changes from baseline scores at 2-months scores)
- Change in anxiety levels, measured with the Spanish version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - State subscale (Spielberger, Gorsuch & Lushene, 2011).(Changes from baseline scores at 2-months scores)