Perceived Effects of Predisposing Male Adolescents to Addiction (Family, Attachment, Belief)

The aim of this study was to examin if perceived effects can predispose male adolescents to addiction. The population included addicted male adolescents in Tehran Reformatory and male high school students from District the two in Tehran in 2012. The sample was 33 of addicted male adolescents from Reformatory Who were selected via purposeful random sampling، and 33 students of male high school students which were chosen by cluster sampling. The research type was qualitative. Data were collected by an open-ended questionnaire، a semi-structured interview. Data were analyzed using content analysis. Descriptive statistical analyses and frequency tables were used. The Chi square test was used to examine the differences between groups. The addicted sample in the three factors of family، attachment and belief had more pathology than students. Chi square findings revealed a significant difference between the two groups regarding indices of their parents education، age، job، life status، number of siblings، conflict of parents، emotional deprivation، feelings of deprivation and failure، childhood deprivation، and attention to social and religious values (P<0. 001). There was no a significant difference regarding the feeling of being inferior or worthless among family members (P>0. 005). The findings have important implications concerning prevention and therapy for adolescents disposed to addiction.