چکیده:
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 used to select 230 high-school students in Kermanshah City. To measure the variables,
Zuckerman’s Sensation Seeking Scale Form V, Coping Strategies Questionnaire (Billings and
Moos), and the Addiction Potential Scale (Weed and Butcher) were used. Data were analyzed
using Pearson correlation and multiple regression analysis.
Results: There was a significant relationship between sensation-seeking and drug addiction
potential among the students. Moreover, coping strategies could predict drug abuse potential,
and emotion-focused coping was the most powerful predicting variable.
Conclusion: According to our results, people with a higher level of sensation-seeking and
those who use emotion-focused coping strategies are more prone to substance abuse.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In table 2, Pearson correlation was used to calculate the correlation among the variables of thrill and adventure- seeking, experience-seeking, disinhibition, boredom susceptibility, sensation-seeking, problem-focused cop- ing, and emotion-focused coping with addiction poten- tial.
As it was seen in table 2, there were significant asso- ciations between sensation-seeking and its components (thrill and adventure-seeking, experience-seeking, dis- inhibition, boredom susceptibility), problem-focused coping, and emotion-focused coping with addiction po- tential in the students under study.
05 of the students’ addiction potential variance was determined/explained by ‘sensation-seeking, thrill and adventure-seeking, ex- perience-seeking, disinhibition, boredom susceptibility, problem-focused coping and emotion-focused coping’ variables (R2=25.
4. Discussion The present study was conducted to determine the association between sensation-seeking, coping strate- gies, and addiction potential among male high school students.
On the whole, we found significant associa- tions between sensation-seeking and its components (thrill and adventure-seeking, experience-seeking, dis- inhibition, boredom susceptibility), coping strategies 176July 2014, Volume 2, Number 3 Table 3.
Multiple regression (simultaneous) coefficients of sensation-seeking and its components, problem-focused, emotion- focused coping, and addiction potential.
There was a positive associa- tion between ‘thrill and adventure-seeking, experience- seeking, disinhibition, sensation-seeking and emotion- focused coping’ and addiction potential, and a negative relationship with problem-focused coping.
Nower, Derevensky and Gupta (2004) investigated the association between impulsivity, sensation-seeking, coping, and substance abuse in young gamblers aged 17- 21 years.
177July 2014, Volume 2, Number 3 In summary, sensation-seeking and the type of coping strategy applied by students can predict their addiction potential.
The association between self-efficacy, sensation-seeking & stress coping strategies and addiction potential in university students.