Proceedings of the 4th ASEAN Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Humanities (ACPCH 2018)

The Resilience of Former Drug Users (A Case Study on Former Cannabis Users)

Authors
Nixie Devina Rahmadiani, Firdaus Yuni Hartatik
Corresponding Author
Nixie Devina Rahmadiani
Available Online March 2019.
DOI
10.2991/acpch-18.2019.9How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Resilience, former drug users, cannabis
Abstract

Drug abuse is one of the most threatening issues of human life today as a result of lifestyle changes that make individuals susceptible to psychological problems. Resilience is necessary in order to prevent individuals from using drugs and relapse. The purpose of this study was to find out how is the image of resilience in former cannabis users in early adulthood. The research approach used is qualitative with case study techniques. The subjects of the study is a former cannabis user in early adulthood age, who has stopped using drugs for 2 years, and is living in Malang. The validity check of the data findings is done by using the informant. The results showed that subject generally had a fairly good resilience after quitting cannabis. His resilience was formed by his knowledge about the effects of using cannabis on health, and he has a strong self-discipline although sometimes in some ways it is easily influenced by others. Several risk factors that may affect the resilience of former cannabis users in this study are that they are not able to control their emotions well so when they are faced with a problem, they often show an emotional coping strategy that tends to be difficult in making decisions appropriately.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 4th ASEAN Conference on Psychology, Counselling, and Humanities (ACPCH 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
March 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-688-4
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/acpch-18.2019.9How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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