Risk factors for addiction potential among college students

Abstract

Background:Tendency toward addiction is provided before drug use begins. The present study aimed to identify the risk factors for addiction potential in the students of Arak University of Medical Sciences.Methods:We conducted this cross-sectional study among 305 students from Arak University of Medical Sciences, Iran in 2016. We selected the students by stratified random sampling and collected the data by family and sociodemographic factors questionnaires and Addiction Potential Scale.Results:Male students, students with low economic status and high family members were more prone to addiction. We identified variable; addiction in close friends, adverse family conditions (dispute with the family), poor economic condition of families, and family size by controlling the effect of other variables, as risk factors for addiction potential.Conclusions:Preventive and intervention actions appear necessary considering the mentioned factors.

Relationship Between Assertion and Aggression with Addiction Potential: A Cross-Sectional Study in 2019

“…In some studies, the mean score of addiction potential was higher than the results of this study, which is inconsistent with our results [5,31,[34][35][36]. The results of this study are consistent with the low mean score of addiction potential reported in other studies [3,4,9,22,43]. Perhaps one of the reasons for the discrepancy is the study environments and types of university.…”

“…Although the score of addiction potential was lower among women, there was no significant relationship between addiction potential and gender. A number of studies reported a significant relationship between sex and addiction potential which is inconsistent with the present results [22,31,35,45].…”

“…In this study, there was no significant relationship between addiction potential and marital status, which is inconsistent with the results of a study [35] but consistent with some others [22,31,44]. Marriage is a preventive factor of psychological trauma that can be a promising factor in the prognosis of treatment.…”

“…Addiction potential includes beliefs and attitudes to the abuse of addictive substances with an understanding of its positive and negative consequences [22,23]. Factors that influence youth addiction potential are generally divided into 2 categories including internal and external factors.…”

Relationship between anger and drug addiction potential as factors affecting the health of medical students

“…This causes them to have more addictive behaviors to escape the unpleasant feelings they experience through suppressing their anger. However, results of Baron-Oladi et al [25] and Ranjbaran et al [26] are against this claim. Baron-Oladi et al reported that male preuniversity students in Kerman were more prone to addiction than female students, and in the study of Ranjbaran et al , male students of Arak University of Medical Sciences reported higher potential for addiction.…”