In most European countries the ratio of addicts and normal people is 1 to 5,000, and in some third world countries such as Morocco, Egypt, and South Africa this figure is 1 to 1,000. In Iran, the situation is worse, and there is one drug addict per 100 people. The research method in this study is analytical descriptive. The study population consisted of all rehabilitated addicted men and women ...

The world today is threatened by great disasters and catastrophes and one of the greatest of them is addiction. Addiction is a disaster that threatens all age and sex groups. For instance, in our country more than 2% of people are addicted. In this study, two groups of addicted (170) and healthy (167) individuals that had been selected in the systematic random method, were investigated in terms...

Young people are avid social media users and, as such, might be prone to mental health issues because of the comparison kind life they see on media. The study was anchored theory; hence, it investigated influence Afe Babalola University undergraduates. survey design with a sample 382 chosen from population 8500 students. adopted purposive sampling technique respondents were based their usage It...

This is a quantitative study that aimed at investigating the extent to which Moroccan adolescent students are addicted social media platforms. Kimberly Young’s Internet Addiction Test was adopted and adjusted serve objective of this study. The sample consisted 200 from region Meknes. results highlighted Facebook most frequently used site among participants, while twitter least. Furthermore, whe...

Internet addiction behavior was examined in 6,121 Chinese primary and secondary school students in Hong Kong based on the assessment frameworks of Ivan Goldberg and Kimberly Young. Results showed that scales derived from both frameworks (CIA-Goldberg Scale and CIA-Young Scale) were internally consistent and evidence supporting their validity was found. Descriptive statistical analyses revealed ...

background: the retention rates are important factors in methadone maintenance treatment. this study was performed with aims to determine the attitude and subjective norms in methadone treatment maintenance among kohgilouyeh and boyer ahmad’s province addict who referred addiction treatment centers. methods: this research was a cross-sectional study that done among men’s addicted who are receiv...

This study tries to examine the role of the family on the attitude of the youth for addiction. The survey method was used for analyzing the data from 250 young people from Varamin. The SPSS software was used in the research. The results show that there is a significant relationship between the attitudes toward addiction among the family members, parent's differences, parents' control, leisure a...

OBJECTIVE To compare the Internet addiction levels between male and female medical students. METHODS One hundred medical students (male: 50, female: 50) aged 17-30 years were included in a cross-sectional study. A standardized questionnaire was used to assess their Internet addiction level. Additionally, a self-designed questionnaire was used to identify the various purposes of Internet use a...

This panel addresses the perspective that agents and workflow can be seen as an evolution of components and scripting. There are several ways in which agents can be used to perform or support a workflow, and several ways in which workflow can be used to orchestrate or control the interactions between agents. The panelists explore several of these connections and various applications of agents a...