标题:Study of The Causes of Tendency to Drug Use and Psychedelic Substances in Women Who Referred to Addiction Treatment Centers Affiliated to Tehran Welfare Organization in years 2014-2015
摘要:Drug addiction is a social problem and women as half of the society’s population are involved in it. The aim of this study is to determine the causes of women’s tendency to drug use and psychedelic substances. The present study is a descriptive-comparative study. The statistical population of the research includes all addicted and non-addicted women. Among these individuals, 150 women were selected as addicted group and 150 women as non-addicted group by available sampling method. The method of data collection is a two-part questionnaire that the researcher has designed it himself. The first part includes demographic characteristics and the second part evaluates the causes of tendency to drug use and psychedelic substances in five dimensions including personal, family, social, economic and cultural dimensions. In order to determine the reliability of the research, we used content validity and test-retest. We used descriptive and inferential statistical methods for achieving the results of the research. We have also used statistical software SPSS version 22 in order to analyze data. The most important personal causes include three main category: physical diseases, psychological diseases, and behavioral characteristics. Physical diseases include back pain; psychological diseases include depression, anxiety, irritability, extreme anger, panic, schizophrenia, and history of sexual harassment; behavioral characteristics include positive attitude about drugs, low self-confidence, emotional deficiencies, inability to cope with problems, loneliness, a sense of curiosity about drug, imitating the behavior of others, anger, the pressure of social problems, mental vacuum, a sense of helplessness, lack of a good friend and not ostracized by their following the peers in order to not being ostracized by them. Family causes include: father’s age, education level of father and husband, parents’ job and income, husband’s income, addiction and satisfaction of parents and husband, the number of siblings and their addiction, promiscuity and violence and extreme sensitivity in family. Economic causes include: level of income, the region of residence, and vehicle ownership. Social causes include: inaccessibility to suitable recreations, the lack of recreational facilities, inaccessibility to service-consultative facilities, the lack of caring about drug use, religious beliefs, and addicted friends. Cultural causes include: traumatic educational environment and educational stress.
关键词:Tendency causes; Drugs; Psychedelic Substances; Addiction Treatment Centers; Tehran