Emotional regulation and perceptual motor functioning in opioid addicts and non-opioid individuals

Pages:138-141
Gargi Sharma (Department of Psychology, Manipal University, Jaipur, Rajasthan)
Gagandeep Kaur (Registered Psychologist, Fillian Health Care, New Zealand)

Changing shades of life in the contemporary world gave way to idyllic as well as harmful life style in individuals. One of the modern world’s evils is drug abuse and intensified addiction. Governments all over the world dispatch constant efforts to reduce the drug trafficking by enacting strict laws and enforcing the same. But the corruption of human resource is still high due to drug addictions and the positive potentials of individuals are stunted. Opioid addiction is one of those drug addictions that are characterized by the inability to discontinue opiate abuse and it is a constellation of physiological, behavioral and cognitive phenomena with severe intensity. This research is conducted to study the perceptual motor functioning and emotional regulation among opioid addicts individual. In the present research normative survey method is used to obtain the precise information. The sample consist of 100, i.e., 50 opioid addicts and 50 normal sample by clinical purposive sampling. The study aims at comparing the perceptual motor functioning and emotional regulation between opioid addicts and normal sample. The results showed that the opioid addicted individual have poor emotional regulation, motor functioning and perception and compare to those of normal individuals.