Investigating the Relationship of Spiritual Experience and Resilience with the Extent of Tending to Using Drugs

The present research aims at investigating the relationship of spiritual experience and resilience as the protective factor against the extent of tending to using drugs among juveniles. The statistical population of the research (of the correlation type) included all male high school students of Darra Shahr in 1391-1392 SH. Among them, 200 subjects were selected through random cluster sampling. The devices used included Ghubari Bunab’s scale of spiritual experience, resilience scale, and Improved Addiction Potential Scale (IAPS). The obtained data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The results of correlation coefficient showed a positive meaningful relationship between resilience and spiritual experience. There was a negative relationship between resilience and tending to drugs and between spiritual experience and tending to drugs. the regression analysis showed that the parameters of prosperity and spiritual activity predict the extent to which one tends to using drugs. The results of the research showed that the spiritual experience as a protective factor prepares that ground for students’ resilience against tending to drugs.