The Relationship between Stress and Addiction

The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between stress and addiction. A total of 150 male opium addicts randomly selected from different addiction treatment centers in addition to 150 normal subjects as control group participated in the present study. The control group was...

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Published in:Procedia, social and behavioral sciences social and behavioral sciences, 2013-07, Vol.84, p.1333-1340
Main Authors: Hassanbeigi, Afsaneh, Askari, Jafar, Hassanbeigi, Dordaneh, Pourmovahed, Zahra
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
coping strategies
opium addicts
stress
stressors
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Summary:The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between stress and addiction. A total of 150 male opium addicts randomly selected from different addiction treatment centers in addition to 150 normal subjects as control group participated in the present study. The control group was matched with the addict group for a ge, education, marital and socioeconomic status. The instruments used included Paykel Scale of Stressful Life Events for assessing the rate of life stressors and Cope Inventory for assessing the methods of coping. The data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney Test. The findings of the study showed that first, over a two-year period before beginning substance use, the occurrence rate of various psychosocial stressors in opium addict patients was statistically higher than normal subjects in the last two-year period (P
ISSN:1877-0428
1877-0428
DOI:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.06.752