1. SIGNIFICADOS E VIVÊNCIAS EM TORNO DA ADIÇÃO DE SUBSTÂNCIAS: TEORIA FUNDAMENTADA NOS DADOS.
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Morais, Mariana and Paixão, Rui
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PSYCHOLOGY of drug addiction , *TREATMENT of drug addiction , *ETHICS , *EXPERIENCE , *GROUNDED theory , *INTERVIEWING , *SOCIAL values , *QUALITATIVE research , *PSYCHOLOGY of drug abusers , *PATIENTS' attitudes - Abstract
Objective: to analyse the trajectory of individuals suffering from addiction, seeking to understand how they perceive their path in the world of drugs, with a core focus on the perceptions, representations and meanings they assign to drugs and their life path before, during and after their experiences with addiction. Method: qualitative research based on Grounded Theory. Eight subjects admitted to Community Therapy for substance addiction in Portugal were interviewed from September to December 2016. Results obtained: three main category groups: "Pattern consumption evolution", "Behavioural trajectory while consuming", and "Identity Transformations"; an intermediate category "Alteration of moral and social values"; and a core category "Addictive Identity". Conclusion: the subjects understand the addict's trajectory as being a set of progressive changes in one's identity, strongly associated with alterations in moral and social values. They refer to drugs as their self-destruction, expressing guilt and regret. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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