Social Stigma and Self-Compassion as Predictors of Self-Control and Relapse among a Sample of Recoveries in Addiction Treatment Centers in Jordan

Abstract

The current study aimed to reveal the level of social stigma and self-compassion and their predictive ability in self-control and relapse among a sample of recoveries in addiction treatment centers in Jordan.  To achieve the goal of the study, the predictive correlational methodology was used, where four scales were developed to measure the study variables, by distributing those to (364) recoveries who were selected in a simple random method, from those recovering in addiction treatment centers in Jordan. The results of the study showed that the level of social stigma among the study sample subjects was large, and their level of self-compassion and self-control was moderate, and their results on the relapse scale were large, and the results showed a statistically significant contribution at the level of significance (α= 0.05). Self-mercy in predicting self-adjustment, and it is noted that self-compassion and social stigma have explained (24.7%) of the percentage of variance in self-control, as social stigma contributed negatively to predicting self-adjustment, and the results showed a statistically significant contribution at the level of significance (α = 0.05) for mercy in particular in predicting relapse, and it is noted that social stigma has clarified (34.3%) of the percentage of variance in relapse, as for the variable of mercy in particular, it was not able to predict relapse among the recovered.