objectives: the current study was designed to examine the association between the emotional expressiveness style and addiction potential among male high school students. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 180 male high school students that had been selected through multi-stage random sampling from karaj city’s at-risk high schools. the research tools consisted of: a) the research...

results addiction potential was positively related to personality characteristics. we found that those with the highest addiction potential (47%) exhibited the following 3 traits: char­acteristics of schizophrenia, psychological exhaustion, and depression. conclusions there were no significant differences in the addiction potential among the students with respect to grade, field of study, age, ...

objective: personality is the most important infrastructure factor in addiction, and substance abusers have certain personal weaknesses that make them vulnerable to addiction. this study examined the role of sensation-seeking and coping strategies in predicting drug addiction in high school students.  methods: this study is a descriptive–correlational research. multi-stage cluster sampling was ...

abstract background: simultaneous occurrence of psychiatric disorders and substance abuse isorders have widespread effects and are associated with worse prognosis. addicts should be treated in accordance with the requirements of each of these people. this study aimed at investigating the simple and multiple relationships between morningness/eveningness, anxiety sensitivity and addiction potenti...

background: this study aimed at investigating the simple and multiple relationships between   personality traits and addic­tion potential in university students. methods: three hundred and forty two students were selected by cluster sampling from the shahid chamran university (iran). the scales used for this descriptive study were neo-ffi personality inventory and iranian addiction potential sc...

conclusions the results of this research have important implications regarding the attention of students’ counselors to meta-cognitive dimensions in order to prevent students’ tendency for addiction. results the rate of students’ addiction potential tendency can be predicted by having characteristics of their meta-cognition. it also appeared that among the five parameters of meta-cognition, the...

BACKGROUND Drug abuse in juveniles is one of the most serious problems which lead to different physical, social and educational damages and outcomes. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study is to predict the addiction Potential in youths by their early maladaptive schemas. MATERIALS AND METHODS The research sample included students of the University of Sistan and Baluchistan, Zahedan, Iran,...