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5131.6 The effect of taking or dropping addictive drugs on Intelligence, Jin-zhi Fu, Yun Tao,
Ming-hong Fu, China
The paper studies cognition and IQ of 101 drug addicts. After analyzing the data of their ages, the
time of taking and dropping addictive drugs, we have the findings: 1) The intelligence of drug
addict is obviously lower than average person; 2) The intelligence of a person who has just begun
to dropping addictive drugs is lower than a person who has being off the habit for over half a year.
3) Obviously, the intelligence of a drug addict who has the repeated experiences of taking and
dropping addictive drugs is lower than a person who has just begun to dropping it.
5131.7 Story psychotherapy: A natural way, Hongjuan Rong, China
Listening to stories, telling stories, reading stories and creating stories are part of our lives. In
psychotherapy, we can use "story" as a mediating language which almost all of us might easily
understand. Story psychotherapy as a natural way has some wonderful uses, such as it can be
easily understood to the client, it can give the client new ideas, it can eliminate the conflict
between the therapist and the client, last but not the least story psychotherapy really has powerful
effect in clinical psychotherapy.
5131.8 Psychological consequences of deportation into the Soviet Union after 55 years, Ewa
Jackowska, University of Szczecin, Poland
The study deals with PTSD symptoms, that persist in active form today, in Poles who had been
deported in childhood to CU during the World War II. The results of psychological, clinical
examination of 100 people are presented. The investigation has pointed that 30% subjects have
suffered from psychopathological symptoms following the exposure to traumatic stressors
(including anxiety and depression). Furthermore, a correlation is presented between the intensity
of emotional disorders and such variables as: gender, somatic and psychological conditions just
after deportation, a current family and financial status and others.
5132 ORAL
Health psychology
Chair: Alison Bowman, Australia
5132.1 Anxiety and depression among Indonesian women immigrants in Malaysia: An
exploratory study, Beddu Salam Baco, Adi Fahrudin, Mohammad Haji-Yusuf, Universiti
Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
This study examines anxiety and depression state among Indonesian women immigrants living in
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. One hundred and seventy-one women immigrants in Kota
Kinabalu were surveyed. A set of questionnaire was administered. Result shows that immigrants
experience high anxiety and moderate depression state. This study revealed six psychosocial
resources namely assimilation to local environment, relationship with employee, having business
with police and immigration, and responsibility to the family, which significantly contributed to
the anxiety and depression state among immigrants. Emotional coping was found as the most
frequently used as coping strategy.
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