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M.A. (Psychology) / Please refer to full text to view abstract

王瑞芳. / 論文(哲學碩士) -- 香港中文大學硏究院社會工作學部, 1998. / 附參考文獻. / 中英文摘要. / Wang Ruifang. / 致謝 --- p.I / 論文摘要 --- p.II / Chapter 第一章 --- 前言 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一節 --- 研究動機 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二節 --- 香港戒毒康復者的重吸問題 --- p.5 / Chapter 第三節 --- 研究問題和目的 --- p.9 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻及理論 --- p.12 / Chapter 第一節 --- 重吸的界說 --- p.12 / Chapter 第二節 --- 重吸成因 --- p.20 / Chapter 第三節 --- 理論架構 --- p.33 / Chapter 第三章 --- 研究方法 --- p.49 / Chapter 第一節 --- 樣本之選取 --- p.49 / Chapter 第二節 --- 問卷設計與編製 --- p.52 / Chapter 第四章 --- 研究结果 --- p.58 / Chapter 第一節 --- 個人背景資料、治療因素、社群(家人 和朋友）因素、歸因及負面情緒等情況 --- p.58 / Chapter 第二節 --- 重吸成癮者和非重吸成癮者的背景資料、 治療因素、社群（家人和朋友）因素 、歸因及負面情緒等情況的比較 --- p.78 / Chapter 第三節 --- 研究假設的檢定 --- p.99 / Chapter 第五章 --- 討論、檢討及建議 --- p.106 / 參考書目 --- p.120 / (附錄一)Marlatt (1996) Relapse Taxonomy / (附錄二） 海洛英重吸成因問卷調查

Sun Kat Cheong. / Questionnaire in English and Chinese. / Thesis (M.S.W.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1979. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 120-123).

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

published_or_final_version / Social Work / Master / Master of Social Work

While research investigating the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs for adolescent substance use has increased in recent years, few studies have explored predictors of differential response to these rehabilitation programs. Delay of gratification (DG), which refers to the tendency to forego strong immediate satisfaction in the pursuit of larger long-term rewards, is one factor potentially relevant to all rehabilitation programs, as substance use can be characterized as a choice between short-lasting satisfaction from drug consumption and long-term benefits from abstinence. This study aims at investigating the changes of delay of gratification and the relationship between delay of gratification, future orientation and drug avoidance throughout a drug rehabilitation programme. A sample of one hundred and eleven students in Christian Zheng Sheng College was recruited to participate in this longitudinal study with four waves of data collection. The findings of the present study contribute to the literature of risky behavior by demonstrating the relationship between delay of gratification and drug avoidance, as well as the finding that delay of gratification is a changeable trait which can be strengthened through interventions. Further study will be required to examine the mechanism of change in delay of gratification and drug avoidance, as well as the influences of future orientation on delay of gratification and drug avoidance. / published_or_final_version / Clinical Psychology / Master / Master of Social Sciences

This thesis explored the ability of the Minnesota Multi-phasic Personality Inventory to predict the during-treatment behavior of drug addicts. The MMPI's of eighty-five male patients of the Indianapolis Veterans Administration Drug Treatment Unit were compared to counselorr ratings of each addict's behavior while on inpatient status. It was found that the MMPI was significantly related (p <.01) to the counselor ratings. The strongest predictor was the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale which had a mean raw score of 28.55. The utility of the resulting regression formula for giving information about future behavior of the individual drug abuser was also discussed.

D.Cur. / Please refer to full text to view abstract

M.A. (Clinical Psychology) / The present study investigates a modus operandi for doing therapy with the sedative-hypnotic/opiate drug abuser with borderline or narcissistic tendencies. Definitions of the latter are based on the work by Kernberg and Kohut respectively. Unstable patterns of attachment in infancy and childhood are thought to contribute to a sense of lack or deficit in the drug abuser. This lack or insufricient structuralisation is associated with compulsive dependency on an external obj ect , in this case, the sedative-hypnotic or opiate drug. In order to wean the drug abuser off his drug, it is proposed that, initially, the therapist needs to take over the function of the drug which is to act as a sUbstitute for psychic structure. In other words, the therapist becomes a self-object for the drug abuser until such time as he is sUfficiently structuralised and relatively tree ot the compulsion to drug. The nature of the selt-object' transference and the therapist's role therein are explored in this thesis.