Relationship of Coping Strategies and Self-Efficacy with Substance Abuse Tendency among Students

The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship of coping strategies and self-efficacy with substance abuse tendency among students. The target population of this study were the students of Tabriz University in the acadmic years 2011-2012 (1390-91s. c.). The research sample consisted of 300 presons (150 females، 150 males) who were selected from among students of Tabriz University through cluster random sampling. Data were collected by Coping Strategy scales (Endler & Parker، 1990)، Self- efficacy Questionnaire (Sherer & Maddux، 1982) and Addiction Acknowledgment scale (Weed et al، 1992). In order to predict the contribution of substance abuse tendency the data were analyzed، multivariate regression analysis by using enter mrthod the software SPSS16 analysis. The results of the multivariate regression analysis showed that linear combination of problem solving coping strategies، emotional coping strategy and self-efficacy can predict the substance abuse tendency (p<. oo1).