Predicting Drug Addiction Based on self-control, tolerance of confusion and feelings of loneliness in addicted women visiting addiction treatment centers

Subject Areas : Woman and family

Ezatolla  Ghadampour ¹ (*Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.)
Leila  Amirian ² (PhD Student, Department of Psychology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.)
Hadis  Dehnavi ³ (Master, Department of Psychology, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.)

Received: 2020-06-14 Accepted : 2020-10-10 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: Self-Control, loneliness, Tolerance, tendency to drugs,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to predict drug addiction based on self-control, tolerance of confusion and feelings of loneliness in addicted women referred to addiction treatment centers in Khorramabad. The present study was descriptive-correlational one. The sample size of 150 addicts referred to addiction treatment centers in Khorramabad city were selected by Convenience sampling method. To measure the variables, Golparvar (2005), Tonji et al. (2004), Simonz and Gaher (2005) and Russell (1992) self-control questionnaire were used. The results showed that the relationship between self-control and drug tendency was negative and significant (p <0.001), and the relationship of feeling alone with the tendency toward narcotics was positive and significant (p <0.02) Therefore, these two variables have been able to predict some degree of drug tendency. However, the relationship between tolerance of turmoil and drug tendency was negative, but this relationship was not meaningful. Findings indicate that the strongest predictor for drug tendency was self-regulatory variable (β = 0.39, t = 5.28).These results have important implications for drug-related pathology. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the self-control and tolerance of distress by training and providing appropriate counseling, and by taking measures to reduce the feeling of loneliness, it will prevent the tendency of people to addiction, and even effective and appropriate treatment can be providedfor people who are addicted to different drugs.

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