The style of life in substance abuser and normal individuals: A study of based on Adlerism

The Style of life in substance abusers and normal individuals in Tehran City was Studied. For this purpose 404 subjects (191 substance abuser،213normal individuals) were selected by stratified random sampling method and answered to life style inventory. The Results indicatede that difference between substance abusers and normal individuals in Belonging-social interest life style، Wanting recognition life style and Being cautious life style was significant but in taking charge and Going along life styles was not significant. The Results of Logistic regression analysis indicatede that Belonging-social interet life style explanate 19 percentage of variance significantly and other cofficients is not significan. Conclution: This findings in coordination with Adlerian view about development of neuroses corroborate the difference between substance abusers and normal individuals in life of styles and press on preventive importance of primary interventions in these areas for prevention of substance abuse.