Effective Social and Economic Factors in Youth Dependence on Drug Abuse in Bojnourd (Lived Experience)

محورهای موضوعی : مجله بین المللی علوم اجتماعی

Saeed Ayati ¹ , Rahmatollah Amirahmadi ² , Alireza Esmaeili ³

1 - Ph.D. Student of Sociology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Sociology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Azadshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Azadshahr, Iran.

تاریخ دریافت : 1401/01/27 تاریخ پذیرش : 1401/01/27 تاریخ انتشار : 1400/12/10

کلید واژه: lived experience, drug abuse, Social Factors, youth,

چکیده مقاله :

The current study, with regard to the importance of addiction problem and important effect of social factors in youth dependence on drug abuse in Bojnourd, the examination provides conditions in order to control and prevent tendency toward youth addiction. In this study Participants encompassed 33 subjects (20 males and 13 females) the young men and women in the age group of 18-35 who resided in the therapeutic and care addiction centers in Bojnourd, these individuals were selected in terms of the determined criteria and the data were obtained through in-depth and semi-structured interviews and by using (meaningful) non-probability sampling. Many factors affect drug abuse that the most significant one among them is social factors. This study in the domain of social factors (Family breakdown, divorce, lack of control and supervision in the family, absence of life skills, low social capital, and loss of leisure time) influences the drug abuse.