Emotional Intelligence in Patients With Addictive Disorder

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The study aims to evaluate the level of emotional intelligence in patients diagnosed with substance use disorder and to evaluate the benefits in emotional skills after a brief intervention based on emotional intelligence.

Detailed Description
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Patients will be recruited by consecutive non-probabilistic sampling in the Addictions Day Hospital of the Addictions Unit of the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona. The level of emotional intelligence will be assessed through the following measurement instruments: MSCEIT for the objective emotional intelligence coefficient and the TMMS-24 for the perceived emotional intelligence. Patients will attend 9 sessions of brief group intervention based on emotional intelligence and pre-post intervention differences in participants' TMMS-24 scores will be analyzed

Official Title
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Emotional Intelligence in Patients With Addictive Disorder

Conditions
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Substance Use Disorders

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Emotional intelligence intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Substance Use Disorder (DSM-5) 18 to 80 years old Exclusion Criteria: Presence of severe psychopathological alteration (including severe intoxication) Inability to understand the Spanish language or difficulties writing or reading

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 80 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Emotional Intelligence Intervention<br>Patient's emotional abilities will be stimulated by means of a brief intervention in a group format (nine sessions). In these sessions we will use both projective and guided-fantasy techniques for the emotional diagnosis, as well as psychoeducational workshops of both emotional education and emotional intelligence development. | Behavioral: Emotional intelligence intervention<br>* Brief group intervention based on emotional intelligence<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in perceived emotional intelligence, measured with the Spanish version of the Trait Meta-Mood Scale (Fernandez-Berrocal, Extremera & Ramos, 2004). | The Trait Meta-Mood Scale (TMMS-24) is a 24-item self-report instrument with three subscales measuring three key aspects of perceived emotional intelligence: Attention, Clarity and Repair. Each of these three subscales consists of eight items with a 5-point Likert response format (ranging from 1 to 5). Subscale total scores are obtained by summing responses to all items and thus range from 8 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater level of the characteristic assessed. | Changes from baseline scores at 2-months scores | 
| Score on an ability measure of emotional intelligence, the Spanish version of the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (Extremera & Fernández-Berrocal, 2016). | The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) consists of 141 items that yield an overall emotional intelligence (EI) score and two EI area scores: the Experiential EI and Strategic EI scores. The aforementioned scores have a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15, with higher scores indicating greater emotional intelligence. | Pre-intervention only | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in self-esteem, measured with the Spanish version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (Martin-Albo, Núñez, Navarro & Grijalvo, 2007). | The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) is a self-report measure of global self-esteem. It consists of ten items with a 4-point Likert response format (ranging from 1 to 4). The RSES total score is obtained by summing responses to all items and thus ranges from 10 to 40, with higher scores indicating greater self-esteem. | Changes from baseline scores at 2-months scores | 
| Change in subjective happiness, measured with the Spanish version of the Subjective Happiness Scale (Extremera & Fernández-Berrocal, 2013). | The Subjective Happiness Scale (SHS) is a self-report measure of global subjective happiness. It consists of four items with a 7-point Likert response format (ranging from 1 to 7). The SHS total score is obtained by averaging responses to all items and thus ranges from 1 to 7, with higher scores indicating greater happiness. | Changes from baseline scores at 2-months scores | 
| Change in life satisfaction, measured with the Spanish version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale (Vásquez, Duque & Hervás, 2013). | The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) is a self-report measure of life satisfaction. It consists of five items with a 7-point Likert response format (ranging from 1 to 7). The SWLS total score is obtained by summing responses to all items and thus ranges from 5 to 35, with higher scores indicating greater life satisfaction. | Changes from baseline scores at 2-months scores | 
| Change in anxiety levels, measured with the Spanish version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - State subscale (Spielberger, Gorsuch & Lushene, 2011). | The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - State subscale (STAI-S) is a self-report measure of state anxiety. It consists of 20 items with a 4-point Likert response format (ranging from 0 to 3). The STAI-S total direct score is obtained by summing responses to all items and thus ranges from 0 to 60, with higher scores indicating greater levels of state anxiety. | Changes from baseline scores at 2-months scores |