The Effects of An Emotion Regulation Program on The Violent Behavior of Schizophrenia Patients with Alcohol Dependency in Community
Keywords:
emotional regulation program, violent behavior, schizophrenia with alcohol dependent patientsAbstract
The purpose of this quasi-experimental research was to determine the effects of an emotion regulation program on the violent behavior of schizophrenia patients with alcohol dependency in the community. The sample consisted of 62 patients with schizophrenia and alcohol dependence aged 18-59 years, recruited using inclusion criteria for patients that were receiving services at a sub-district Health Promotion Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand. They were randomly assigned to the control or experimental group, with 31 patients in each group. The experimental group participated in the emotion regulation program (ER) developed by the researcher based on the emotional regulation therapy concept of McRae and Gross. Their activities comprised 10 sessions, for a period of 10 weeks. The control group received regular care. The measured using the Overt Agitation Scale (OAS), Thai version before and after participating in the emotion regulation program. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test.
The results of the study were as follows. 1) The experimental group’s participants mean score for violent behavior on the posttest after participating in the emotional regulation program was lower than their mean score for violent behavior on the pretest before participating in the program at a statistical significance .001 level. 2) The mean difference in the score for violent behavior between the pretest and posttest of the experimental group’s participants in the emotional regulation was significantly higher than the mean difference in the score for the violent behavior of the control group that received regular care at a statistical significance .001 level. In summary, the emotional regulation program was able to reduce the violent behavior of schizophrenic with alcohol dependent patients. Thus, the program can be used as an alternative activity or program to reduce the violent behavior of schizophrenic with alcohol dependent patients.
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