Fotopoulou Maria
Addiction. 2014 Apr;109(4):627-34. doi: 10.1111/add.12459.
The aim of this study was to explore Greek problem drug users’ perceptions of the reasons that led them to quit using drugs and engage in treatment of their own volition.
Qualitative semi-structured in-depth interviews.
Two state drug agencies in Thessaloniki, Greece.
A total of 40 adult problem drug-using men and women participated in the study.
Participants were asked to reflect on their decisions to wean themselves from drugs and enter treatment. Findings Participants reported that their decisions centred on the re-conceptualization of the drug-using community and their membership in it, the desire to restore aspects of identities thatwere deemed to be spoiled, and finally memories of their drug-free selves. The importance of the distinctively Greek notion of filotimo in this discussion is highlighted.
Primarily in relation to filotimo (a concept that represents a complex array of virtues that regulates behaviour towards one’s family), the desire to restore one’s spoiled identity plays a pivotal role in Greek problem drug users’ decisions to cease drug use and engage in treatment.
本研究旨在探究希腊吸毒问题者对促使他们自愿戒毒并接受治疗的原因的看法。
定性半结构化深度访谈。
希腊塞萨洛尼基的两家国家毒品机构。
共有40名成年吸毒问题男女参与了本研究。
要求参与者反思他们自行戒毒并接受治疗的决定。结果参与者报告称，他们的决定集中在对吸毒群体及其自身成员身份的重新认识、恢复被认为已遭破坏的身份认同方面的愿望，以及对曾经未吸毒的自我的记忆。讨论中突出了希腊独特的“filotimo”概念的重要性。
主要与“filotimo”（一个代表一系列复杂美德的概念，这些美德规范着人们对家庭的行为）相关，恢复受损身份的愿望在希腊吸毒问题者决定停止吸毒并接受治疗中起着关键作用。
