Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) Program for Persons Who Use Drugs (PWUDS): A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT: Building on the premises of Positive Psychology, this undertaking conducted a pilot study of the designed 14-session Positive Psychology Intervention (PPI) program established based on the character strengths and virtues (CSV) of persons who use drugs (PWUDs) to assess its usefulness, delivery details, and impacts. Conducted in one of the biggest Drug Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in the Philippines, 24 PWUDs were randomly selected by the program staff to participate in its pilot run while securing all necessary ethical guidelines and requirements. Via within-subjects pretest-posttest experimental design, the especially adapted and developed tools were used to assess the PWUDs' progress as they were facilitated by the said program. Results yielded significant improvements in th

SUBMITTER: Masanda AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11327980 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature