Adherence to the Islamic Lifestyle among Addicted and Non-Addicted Young Inmates in the Prisons of the Alborz Province, Iran

Drug abuse issue is an internationally serious and important problem viewed from different economic، social، physiological، and psychological angles. It is a multidimensional phenomenon which has attracted the attention of many psychologists، consultants، and social workers..

The current study aimed to compare the level of adherence to the Islamic lifestyle among addicted and non-addicted young inmates in the prisons of Alborz province..

The research method of the current study was causual-comparative، and the implementation method was survey. Data were collected by Kaviani`s Islamic lifestyle questionnaire (2011). The statistical population and sampling

All inmates of the Alborz province prisons formed the population of the study، and 250 subjects were selected by multi-stage cluster method from the population..

One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed a significant difference in the level of adherence to the Islamic lifestyle (F = 10. 52، Df = 2) among three groups of addicted and non-addicted inmates، and the personnel of the prisons. T-test of two independent groups also showed significant difference in the level of adherence to the Islamic lifestyle between women and men (t = -2. 39، P ≤ 0. 05)..

A significant difference was observed among three groups of addicted and non-addicted inmates، and the personnel of the Alborz province prisons in the level of adherence to the Islamic lifestyle، this difference was also significant in terms of sex..