Estudio comparativo de habilidades sociales en dos grupos de drogodependientes

Abstract

The main purpose of the present investigation is to identify the levels of social skills in two different groups of drug addicts. It was achieved through a descriptive-comparative cut with a quantitative approach. The first group was conformed with those who have been hospitalized for less than three weeks, and the second one by those who were in the last three weeks prior to finishing the rehabilitation program. Another aim in this investigation was to define if there´s any significant differences between said groups. The total sample consisted of 57 male patients who were in 3 different rehabilitation centers in the city of Cuenca and that were between the ages of 18 and 40 years. The Goldstein Social Skills Checklist was used as the instrument to measure the social skills in the sample, resulting in no significant difference between the two groups. However, it was possible to conclude that the patients who were in the second group got better results in the scale.