Research on addiction increasingly adopts a holistic perspective on human functioning. Emotional dysregulation increases vulnerability to substance use, while spirituality may serve as a protective factor by reducing stress and craving. Self-efficacy, rooted in Bandura’s theory, is a strong predictor of successful abstinence. Social support, emphasized in the biopsychosocial model, stabilizes recovery and enhances resilience. Contemporary addiction frameworks highlight overall quality of life as a key treatment outcome. These factors—emotion regulation, spirituality, self-efficacy, social support, and quality of life—may jointly influence recovery.
This study examined correlations between emotion regulation, interfaith spirituality, self-efficacy, social support, and QoL among individuals with alcohol addiction.
The sample included 62 participants (mean age 35.41 ± 14.20; 34 women, 28 men). Data were collected using a sociodemographic survey and Polish adaptations of the questionnaires: ERQ, Spirituality Interfaith Scale, GSES, WSSWS, and WHOQOL-BREF. Analyses included descriptive statistics and Spearman’s correlations. By the time of the conference, it is planned to increase the sample and enrich it in people without alcohol addiction.
Cognitive reappraisal was positively associated with self-efficacy, spirituality, and the psychological domain of QoL. Expressive suppression correlated negatively with social support and several QoL domains, particularly environmental well-being. Self-efficacy and some spirituality dimensions showed positive associations with psychological and environmental QoL. Social support was moderately related to the social QoL domain.
Adaptive emotion regulation, higher spirituality, self-efficacy, and social support may contribute to better quality of life among individuals with alcohol addiction.