Background and Aim: Substance abuse and risky sexual behaviors are intermingled. Both subjects, however, are highly sensitive issues culturally in some societies such as Iran, making assessment of sexual behaviors difficult and challenging. It is particularly difficult to assess and study risky sexual behaviors in the drug-using population. Thus, it seems essential to develop and validate a com...

This research looks into the relationship between depression and the approach by Tehran high school students towards drug abuse. For this purpose, by using the correlation research method, 195 students from the first, second and third grades of high school were selected through the multi-stage cluster sample-taking method and were later evaluated through the Beck depression test and the drug ab...

Background and Objectives: The current study was conducted to assess factor structure, validity, and reliability of the Persian version of the Drug Use Disorders Identification Test (DUDIT) among drug abusers in many city of Iran. It also assessed the DUDIT scores of a number of demographic factors. Methods: The LDQ underwent forward translation to to Persian abackward translation to English. ...

The purpose of this study is to share of Pleasure seeking, positive affect, negative affect, and sense of self-efficacy in relapse to drug. This study design was Descriptive and correlational. The study population consisted of all addicts return to a drug relapse occurred in less than one year And referred to addiction treatment centers in Tehran in 1395 was the 8th District Improved convenient...