Sociological analysis of industrial addiction among young people, strategies and consequences

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Hamid Reza Yazdani ¹ , Bagher Sarookhani ² , Mansour Vosooghi ³

1 - Ph.D. student of Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Professor, Department of Sociology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Professor, Department of Sociology, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2024-09-18 Accepted : 2024-11-12 Published : 2024-02-08

Keywords: Relapse, Industrial addiction, social issues, strategies, consequences, Gorgan.,

Abstract :

The aim of the current research is to introduce and sociologically analyze the type of industrial addiction among the youth of Gorgan as part of the findings of a research on the typology of addiction, which was conducted using a qualitative method based on grounded theory. The participants were selected from the addicts with a history of relapse using the purposeful sampling method and the data was collected through a semi-structured interview with 21 people and compiled according to the Stravas Corbin model. The findings include: background conditions have three components, causal factors and intervening factors have four components each. Also, important strategies and consequences such as changing the consumption of drugs, abstinence, suicide attempts, abandonment, divorce and separation, homelessness, theft and imprisonment, unusual behaviors, hallucinations and suspicions, death due to suicide and accidental and intentional overdoses, among others. The important findings of this research were The result of this research showed that the correct intervention in referral and treatment can prevent the occurrence of many consequences such as suicide and death in addition to reducing the amount of industrial addiction in young people.

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