Emotional and personal characteristics of individuals with different levels of complex chemical dependency
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https://doi.org/10.32782/2077-6594/2026.1/01Keywords:
level of complex chemical dependence, emotional maturity, emotional intelligence, depression, scientific and methodological recommendationsAbstract
Purpose. Objective: to characterize the emotional and personality traits of individuals with varying degrees of complex chemical dependence and to outline possible directions for applying the identified patterns in the system of psychoprophylaxis in public health. Materials and methods: 82 individuals with varying levels of complex chemical dependence were examined: low (n=22), medium (n=20), high (n=3), and unstable-fluctuating (n=37). We used O. Ya. Chebykin’s questionnaire for diagnosing emotional maturity, J. Mayer et al.’s emotional intelligence test, the Freiburg Personality Inventory (FPI), and our own questionnaire. We used the Kraskel-Wallis and Mann-Whitney criteria to compare the groups. The relationship between the level of dependence and emotional and personality indicators was assessed using cross-tabulation logic with Pearson’s χ² and Cramer’s V. Correlations between the indicators of emotional and personality characteristics of the subjects were determined using Spearman’s criterion. Results. Statistically significant intergroup differences were found in terms of extraempathy (p<0.01), ability to identify emotions (p<0.01), emotional facilitation of thinking (p<0.05), and depression (p<0.01). Significant associations (p<0.05) were found between the level of dependence and extra-expressiveness, extra-empathy, emotional facilitation of thinking, and depressiveness. Correlation analysis between emotional and personal manifestations demonstrated the presence of two interrelated correlation complexes: resourceful (emotional maturity and emotional intelligence) and maladaptive (neuroticism, aggressiveness, irritability, emotional lability, and depression), between which inverse relationships prevail. Conclusions. The group with an unstable and fluctuating level of complex chemical dependence proved to be the most emotionally vulnerable, as it combines a decrease in empathic and cognitive-emotional resources with an increase in depressive background. The interrelationships within emotional and personal manifestations indicate the opposite direction of resourceful and maladaptive emotional and personal complexes, which reflects the common regulatory basis of resourcefulness and vulnerability within the dependent profile. Based on the results obtained, scientific and methodological recommendations have been developed aimed at differentiated support for individuals with different levels of dependence, focusing on the restoration of extra-empathy, training in emotion identification, and the development of emotional self-regulation skills.
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